Cohosted by the Smithsonian Associates and the International Spy museum in washington, d. C. Good morning, everyone. It is a good morning. It is a great day. After that, i think it goes downhill. Irc executive director. We are delighted to have all of you here with us. Let us look again thank the smithsonian volunteers for being with us for this event. Toyou would be kind enough turn off your cellphones and so forth. As a c. I. A. Officer who went through the church pike hearings , part of which will be discussed today by vince , attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded, which reflects incompetence or a lack of commitment. Charges almosthe seem quaint because today there is little hesitation by successive administrations of both parties in knocking off the heads of terrorist groups and the leaders right and left. As you know, on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back on that, it almost seems quaint. However, it will be fun to revisit with my collea
Foundation to Richard Nixon foundation and i welcome you to this speech on a nice, sunny day. Today, we celebrate what wouldve been president nixons 154th birthday. 26 years ago, this museum was opened. And i would like to thank all the generous benefactors who made this new library possible, which was opened last october. It has already been visited by more than 25,000 people since their opening in less than three months. [applause] William Cowan would like to thank all the generous benefactors who made the museum possible, and i would be remiss if i informed each one of you that our work was not far from over. I need each of you to sign up for membership or contribute online. I also invite you to stay engaged with the Nixon Foundation by signing up for our newsletters and emails on our website at nixonfoundation. Org. There you can learn more about our goals and dive deeper into president nixons life and times. Our speaker today is given praise where praise is due. His grounding role
His presence today honors the late don bendetty, former chairman of the Nixon Foundation board and a parishioner at our lady of mount carmel. Don and his lovely wife dorothy will be joining us today. Have been devoted friends and supporters for over 25 years working with president nixon. And ark techs, don oversaw the construction of the original library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. Ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. Almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this Historic Museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of Richard Nixon. We invoke your blessing upon us. Citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and Civil Society flourish. We pray for the leaders and citizens of our Great Republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the American People and judg
His presence today honors the late don bendetty, former chairman of the Nixon Foundation board and a parishioner at our lady of mount carmel. Don and his lovely wife dorothy will be joining us today. Have been devoted friends and supporters for over 25 years working with president nixon. And ark techs, don oversaw the construction of the original library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. Ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. Almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this Historic Museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of Richard Nixon. We invoke your blessing upon us. Citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and Civil Society flourish. We pray for the leaders and citizens of our Great Republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the American People and judg
His presence today honors the late don bendetty, former chairman of the Nixon Foundation board and a parishioner at our lady of mount carmel. Don and his lovely wife dorothy will be joining us today. Have been devoted friends and supporters for over 25 years working with president nixon. And ark techs, don oversaw the construction of the original library, including the restoration of the president s birtsz place. Ladies and gentlemen, monsignor lawrence baird. Almighty god, how good it is for us to come together as one as we dedicate this Historic Museum and library which houses a repository of the history of the years of the presidency of Richard Nixon. We invoke your blessing upon us. Citizen volunteers and leaders of our county and state and country, the desire to build an america where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and Civil Society flourish. We pray for the leaders and citizens of our Great Republic for all the men and women who are called to serve the American People and judg