Wife of our president newly elected hugh hewitt. [applause] our distinguished speaker was to dr. Kissinger as dr. Kissinger was to president nixon. He joined kissingers security staff in 1969 as special assistant traveling the world on virtually every Major Initiative in the greater cold war. He was with dr. Kissinger during the talks with go she ate her in purse that culminated in the paris peace accords. He was with president nixon in moscow in during his first trip there in 1972 and he was therefore kissingers shuttles between the arabs and israelis after the yom kippur war. He was a key actor in nixons trip to china in 1972 known as the week that changed the world. Was president of the council on formal relations and assistant secretary of state for Southeast Asian and pacific affairs. From until 2016 he conducted oral histories of Henry Kissinger on behalf of the foundation. They cover a variety of subject , andr china, vietnam statesmanship and are and now adable book is availabl
I just wanted to mention a couple of special guests. We have our distinguished speaker this evening, i wanted to mention a couple of special guests. We have our distinguished speakers daughter here and her husband. We have betsy hewitt, the wife of newly elected hugh hewitt. Our distinguished speaker was to dr. Kissinger as dr. Kissinger was to nixon. He was with dr. Kissinger during the peace accords in 1973. He was with president nixon in moscow during his first president ial trip there. He was there for kissingers shuttles between arabs and israelis. He was a key actor in president nixons historic trip to china. He was state Department Director of policy and planning, ambassador to the peoples republic of china and assistant secretary of state for South East Asia and Pacific Affairs part he conducted several hours of oral histories of dr. Kissinger on behalf of the Nixon Foundation. He conducted several hours of oral history on behalf of the Nixon Foundation and the collection of in
[indiscernible] [drums playing] chris please be seated. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to welcome you to this magnificent white house nixonnd to the Richard Memorial today. I will be a master of ceremonies this morning. Please allow me to introduce pastor phil. Pastor phil and his wife tammy, wife tammy are the senior pastors at influence church in anaheim hills. Theyre special mentors to many, including myself. Pastor phil is my pastor. Pastor phil and tammy were aboard aircraft over new york city when the terror attacks september 11, 2001 took place and had family on the ground below. Pastor phil will be leading us in prayer in this ceremonys invocation this morning. Pastor . Thank you, chris. There is nothing sweeter than to be able to talk to god, communion with him and knowing he oversees all that we do and say. Lets pray. Heavenly father, in that great name of jesus, we thank you for this day that we can remember. We remember those who we lost. We remember how our nation
A longtime friend and contributor two the library hugh hewitt. My wife and i have been friends of the library for a wild. I came of age during the nixon years and have vivid memories of the 1968 Republican National convention watched on a black and white tv late into the night breathlessly hoping for his nomination. We have come to learn more about Richard Nixon and that marquis left on our country and world and as i look at the state of our nation in the world today i reach into the archives of the 72 campaign, nixon now more than ever. We have had the opportunity two meet wonderful people through the library tran and betsy hewitt among them. Hugh is a frequent figure at library interviewing Authors Panel discussions, participating in debates and as we saw today conducting his nationally syndicated radio show. He served in the Nixon Administration as a speechwriter and was critical in the construction of this facility and for that a debt of gratitude by all who have benefited from it.
No one at this point is chart running against him. Josh romney considered and he was one of many people including jon huntsman junior who is asked to run against mike lee who declined to at that point you have a prominent banker and jonathan junior to announcing announced. The short answer is if you cant beat them, join them. I would like you to talk a little bit about the seniors and juniors relationship as lukewarm at best on the huntsman side of course. The last time i actually saw them together was during a dedication of a wing of the cancers to toot just a few months ago when john junior was on the stand at the time and that was one of the last times i have seen him with his father. Do you know what the relationship is . Sure an impact if you look at jonathan junior and senior are very close and they still talk every day. Whats complicated for them during the 2012 campaign because while they wanted to talk to each other every day and they did for the most part they had to be caref