Politicking prose along with my wife melissa. On behalf of the entire staff, thank you so much for coming. A few quick administrative notes. Now would would be a good time to silence yourself owns or other things that might go beep. When we get get to the q and a part of the session we invite anyone to ask questions. We ask that if you have a question, first you put it in the form of a question, second you make your way to this microphone up here. We are videoing both for our own youtube page and cspan tv is here this evening, they would like to be able to hear your question. At the end, before you get your book signed our staff would appreciate it if you would fold up the chair that you are in and lean it against a bookcase or pillar. The topic this evening is Richard Nixon whose tragic presidency is profiled in a new book by tim weiner that is receiving a lot of attention. Tim is an experience, prizewinning journalist who we are familiar here within washington. He was here for 15 yea
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Nixon was seen as a Foreign Policy sage. When he died, all the president came out there to california to be at his too many or his bur l burial. September 7th, 1972, 10 32 a. M. Following the controversial shooting of candidate George Wallace whether they were candidates for the presidency or not were offered tem pouporary secret service protection. Youve got one u. S. Senator kennedy whose a secondary factor in the campaign. You give him secret Service Coverage throughout the campaign. He said, i understand. I dont like to give him something but at the same time if he gets shot its our fault. You understand what the problem is. If you the son of a gets shot theyll say he didnt furnish it. We buy his insurance. After the election he wont get a thing. If he gets shot, its too bad. Theres the tough thing. He cant stand ted kennedy. He trails kennedy around. He said i will get a secret service guy but i want him to be a spy for me. He even uses secret service guy not to use. After the ele
As i leave the presidency. To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american. And leaving it, i do so with this prayer. May gods grace be with you in all the days ahead. More now on the 40th anniversary of president nixons resignation. With a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Post. It includes journalist bob woodward, carl bernstein, Elizabeth Drew and ruth marcus talking about the scandal that led to president nixon stepping down and the white house tapes that provide further insight into his presidency. This is two hours. Welcome, everybody. My name is marty baron, executive editor of the Washington Post. It is a real pleasure to welcome you here tonight. You can consider yourself all very special because when the invitation went out for this event it was sold out within a day. And ever since, folks here at the post have been telling people that theres no more room. And you can see that from the attendance here and th
Possibly to elect gerald ford as speaker of the house. And he said if nixon had put more of his attention toward republicans in that congress, then in building up this huge eh electoral land slide but the key thing about watergate was the tapes. Without them, nixon he would have probably survived. Host and one final personal moment you have been sharing about richard and pat nixon. With the helicopter departed the white house, what happened . Guest nixon is looking out as theyre leaving and the only thing that breaks the silence is pat nixon saying its so sad. Host nonfarrell, the book is Richard Nixon an american tragedy. Thank you for being here today. Guest it was a pleasure. Thank you. And a defining moment in its own way for people like me. Not that i want to make anyone feel old, but i was in college when mixing resigned nixon resigned. Was that journalism that helped inspire me to get into the field, as it did with many others. Be able toate to introduce your wonderful moderator