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1969-1974 Richard M. Nixon Vice President was Spiro T. Agnew R. M. Nixon's First Inaugural Address. R.M. Nixon's Second Inaugural Address.
He improved relations with Communist powers. He supported China's admission to the United Nations (1971). Nixon was the first President who (while in office) visited China and the Soviet Union (1972). He pioneered SALT treaties on arms limitations with with U.S.S.R. (1972). Nixon ended the longest war participation in U.S. history, the Vietnam War (1973). He was forced to resign by the domestic Watergate scandal (1974) following attempts to cover up crimes committed by aides during his 1972 reelection campaign.
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Checkers Speech
September 23, 1952
Presidential Debate
October 21, 1960
Inaugural Address
January 20, 1969
Resignation Address
August 8, 1974
About his private life: Would anyone have listened to any young woman if Richard M. Nixon would have had a casual affair with her?
37 Richard M. Nixon Born: January 9, 1913, Yorba Linda, California. Died: April 22, 1994. Party: Republican. Age when inaugurated: 56. Term: 1969-1974. During Nixon's first term, he improved relations with the Soviet Union and China and wound down the Vietnam War. But the Watergate scandal forced Nixon to resign before Congress could impeach him. Famous Fact: Nixon is the only U.S. President in history to resign his office.(Source: scholasticnetwork.com)
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