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
Nybble welcome to the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum. My name is paul, im the active directer of the library. I appreciate all of you coming to one of our continuing author talk presentations. Today we are very fortunate to have the really, the leading scholar on pat nixon, who is, by the way, born 100 years ago this year. Marry brennan, who did much of the research here for her book is the chair of the department of history at the university of texas in san marcos. Her specialty is post world war ii conservative movements, and she hoose twroin date three different books. Those being turning right at the 60s conservative capture of the g. O. P. With the wise mothers and the conservative women and the crusade against communism and the book we love around here pat nixon embattled first lady. Her work is an outstanding work, and i would like do you help me welcome her out to the stage to talk about her work. Mary brennan. [applause] thank you, paul. It is such a great hono
A culture of confrontation and terrorism in israel. And at 6 p. M. , the rise and near fall of media conglomerate news corp. His book is murdochs world. For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Next on booktv, john shaw recounts john f. Kennedys tenure in the u. S. Senate serving in the 19531960 where he engaged in the debates of the day and developed the political acumen that served him during his presidency. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. [applause] my, its great to be around this table once again today, because weve had some wonderful breakfasts with ambassadors from all over the world. I think in due course we will have a chance to visit with all of them. The conversations go beyond breakfast, they continue on until everything going on in the world and how, in fact, diplomacy might better interact with our congress, with our administration, with others in washington, our leadership. Im excited about this idea, and, of course, it really follows through with work that my fr
Girls in the Democratic Party claiming that waterboarding was a war crime in world war ii when the japanese did it, wow, they must have been playing with their barbies as kids and not reading about the history of world war ii and what the japanese did to their prisoners. No, waterboarding would be a reward. [laughter] youve been good today, were just going to waterboard you. Lets get you out of those cold electrodes and get you into a nice waterboard. No, waterboarding as racked by the japanese as practiced by the japanese would be something as i describe in this book. They fill the prisoners stomach up with water, so much water, so much water, smash down on it with a stick to make the prisoner vomit. They would pour saltwater down the prisoners mouth until he vomited. Fill prisoners these are three different versions of waterboarding fill the prisoners stomach up with rice and then force him to drink water until his stomach exploded. The one case they kept citing of a guy, something a