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November 24 – President Nixon and Secretary of State Rogers sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty to cause ratifications to the American pact of the agreement. [171] Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler says President Nixon will make an important announcement the following day without disclosing the nature of the revelation. [172]
Secretary of Defense Laird announces the reduction of American military strength by 300,000 troops by the following June while speaking to the California State Chamber of Commerce. [12] January 16 – Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler says the tight fiscal policies of the Nixon administration will continue into the fiscal policy for the following ...
The 1960 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 12, 1960, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1960 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional district on delegate candidates. [8 ...
August 6 – Governor of California Ronald Reagan urges President Nixon to speak truthfully before Congress during a news conference. [77] August 7 – Secretary of State Henry Kissinger informs President Nixon of the administration's belief that he should resign "in the national interest." [78]
Sometime between 1929 and 1932 the first press secretary was born. Some say it was Herbert Hoover's man George Akerson who was the first to be assigned to speak to the press on the president's behalf.
Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was the 13th White House Press Secretary, serving during President Richard Nixon's administration. [ 1 ] Early life
In 1992, Arkansas’ five-term governor became the first Democratic presidential candidate in nearly three decades to carry California, the political birthplace of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan.
Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself from Vietnam and broke down ...