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On August 8, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon delivered a nationally-televised speech to the American public from the Oval Office announcing his intention to resign the presidency the following day due to the Watergate scandal. Nixon's resignation was the culmination of what he referred to in his speech as the "long and difficult period of ...
Complete resignation speech by the only United States president to have stepped down from office. Good audio quality. Appears at Richard Nixon and Watergate scandal. Full text at Wikisource, linked from audio hosting file. Nominate and support. Durova Charge! 21:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC) Question Did you upload it properly? It says on my end that ...
After several weeks of debate, they decided to release an edited version. Nixon announced the release of the transcripts in a speech to the nation on April 29, 1974. Nixon noted that any audio pertinent to national security information could be redacted from the released tapes. [58] Initially, Nixon gained a positive reaction for his speech.
Nixon releasing the transcripts. On April 11, 1974, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenaed the tapes of 42 White House conversations. [38] Later that month, Nixon released more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the subpoenaed tapes, but refused to surrender the actual tapes, claiming executive privilege once more. [39]
Today's Highlights in History: On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discussed using the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.
At the very start of the address, Nixon mourned the death of Senator Richard Russell Jr. [2] The address was known for introducing Nixon's "six great goals", [3]: 52 [4] which would go on to be reiterated in the 1972 State of the Union Address: [3]: 54 Welfare reform, particularly with the proposed Family Assistance Plan
Those interested in seeing where Nixon made his farewell speech before departing Washington, D.C. by helicopter can get a great view of the White House's South Lawn from E Street, Northwest.
On September 23rd in 1952,Richard Nixon gave his famous Checkers speech, in which he addressed allegations of illegitimate campaign funding. Other Events on September 23rd: 1846: The planet ...