Jun 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
The words pollution and environment were on many politicians mind in 1969. Improvement of the environment was an achievement during the Nixon administration. Nixon grasped issues rapidly and presented a comprehensive and broad legislative environmental agenda. A...
Apr 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
“If the Government pays all the medical bills, then only the Government has a stake in holding down medical costs. This means that Government officials would have to approve hospital budgets and set fee schedules and take other steps that would eventually lead to the...
Apr 14, 2010 | Domestic Policy, News
President Nixon and the War on Cancer In January 2010, Dr. James Cavanaugh, one of RN’s principal advisers on health policy, spoke about the President’s early efforts at health care reform at the Nixon Library. His presentation was part of a panel of key White House...
Apr 8, 2010 | China, Foreign Policy, News
On February 27, 1972, the United States and China put together the joint U.S-China communiqué, the conclusion of Nixon and Kissinger’s astonishing weeklong visit to the People’s Republic. Kissinger had begun to outline the Shanghai Communiqué with Chou En-lai around...
Nov 23, 2009 | News, The New Nixon
During his second term, RN made expanding health coverage to all Americans a centerpiece of his domestic agenda. “If the Government pays all the medical bills, then only the Government has a stake in holding down medical costs. This means that Government officials...
