Presidency, former National Security council and state Department Officials from the Nixon Administration discussed the president s efforts to stabilize relations with china. Henry kissingers 1971 secret trip to china and Richard Nixons official trip a year later. National archives and the Richard Nixon Foundation Hosted this event. Good morning. I am the archivist of the United States. It is a pleasure to welcome you here today. A special welcome to our cspan audience joining us from around the country and around the world. Today, we have the latest in an ongoing series of nixon legacy forums. When asked about his Library President and saenz said i have insisted that the Nixon Library and birthplace be not a monument to the career of one man but a place where visitors and scholars will be able to recall the events of the time i served as president and to measure in way the policies my administration pursued. I hope the library and birthplace will be different, a vital place of discove
I am the archivist of the United States. It is a pleasure to welcome you today to the william g. Mcgowan theater in washington. And a special welcome to our cspan audience joining us from around the country and around the world. Today, we have the latest in an ongoing series of Nixon Legacy Forums. Which we cosponsor with the Nixon Foundation and the Nixon Library. When asked about his library when it was first being played planned, president nixon said i have insisted that the Nixon Library and birthplace be not a monument to the career of one man, but a place where visitors and scholars will be able to recall the events of the time i served as president and to measure and wayeigh the policies my administration pursued. I hope the Nixon Library and birthplace will be different, a vital place of discovery and rediscovery, of investigation, of study, debate and analysis. Those words will be our touchstone as we begin a major renovation of the permanent exhibit at the Nixon Library this
Gop, the more or less dominance is of the gubernatorial slot. What happens with the redistricting and can the democrats make it, or is that lockin for 20 or 30 more years . Please let me give an impressionistic answer and then let david give what will be a more thorough answer. When you have the first election after the districting, that is the baseline. Over the course of the decade there are Population Trends and some get more democratic and others get more republican. So the precision of redistricted can come undone gradually over a decade. You can argue about how much that happens where a district can be are off. Probably not that much, but some why. And this includes two dozen 18, two dozen 20, it could be somewhat different than the partisan orientation. But that is just my impression over the years. The democrats cannot could not pick a worse year than 2010. Because it really is a vicious cycle. If republicans when and we draw the line, then they are in great shape for 2021. Per
Rebound, more of the spending needs to go to investment. That mean that there needs to be the extent question find a way to more increases deference cooperation. Let me wednesday perhaps anybody that knows me know that believed are spending on Nuclear Weapons. Probably isnt the smartest spending we can think about when it comes to the future of this alliance. These are weapons that are not likely to have any role in anything we do in 99. 999 of the time or perhaps even 100 of the time. Im happy to take your questions. [applause] thank you very much. That was just fantastic. If it remains focus on collective dissent for irrelevant for the future. You laid out the stark numbers about defense capabilities on defense and laid out the importance theres a lot to get in to here. I want to pick up a couple. I know, theres a lot of interested in the audience. Let me start where you ended on the nuclear point. Our next conversation on cartwright and others, former undersecretary, will in to Nucl
The cube to be new government will work out on the issue. Increasingly on the strategic and political side. Within europe and indeed, within nato. I think that the United States needs that strong leadership from germany a willingness to stand up and be part of not only a collective but indeed a leader of that collective. Within nato and within the European Union and broadly. Speaking in order to ensure that the United States will have this partner. Not only in we are lib berlin but indeed europe we need. Germany is the big kid on the block. It is militarily the big kid on the block. It doesnt have the expenditure on Nuclear Weapons that others have. It is transforming its military in to a force that is quite able to conduct the military operations. Its efforts in afghanistan are underappreciated. They are they have been a leader in the north. A true leader. They are the first and only countries so far to have stepped up and said they will be there not only other countries but the first