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Richard Nixon

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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from January 20, 1969, until his resignation on August 9, 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously held the office of Vice President under Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. Nixon's presidency is noted for significant foreign policy achievements, including the historic opening of relations with China and the policy of détente with the Soviet Union. Domestically, he is recognized for establishing the Environmental Protection Agency and implementing various social programs.

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Dec 12, 1973

Director Simon has my total support as he works with the various Cabinet officers and with the various department heads in carrying out that policy.

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Dec 10, 1973

A monument of what America has meant for its first 200 years and what it can mean for the next 200 years.

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Dec 10, 1973

Nineteen seventy-six normally would be of interest in any event, because it is a Presidential election year.

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Dec 10, 1973

You have helped by giving us the legislation which will then create a monument, we trust, that the whole Nation can see.

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Dec 10, 1973

It is hard to realize that this piece of legislation will not come into fulfillment or culmination until the year 1976.

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Dec 9, 1973

By the virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1973, the Disaster Relief Act of 1970, as amended (42 U.S.C. 4401, et seq.), and section 301 of title 3 of the United States Code and as President of the United…

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Dec 9, 1973

This order shall be effective thirty days after the date of its issuance.

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Dec 7, 1973

I am making a full disclosure of my financial affairs as President of the United States.

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Dec 7, 1973

I also want to assure you that the committee will have full access to all relevant documents pertaining to these matters and will have the full cooperation of my office.

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Dec 7, 1973

While these disclosures are the most exhaustive ever made by an American President, to the best of my knowledge, I recognize that two tax-related items may continue to be a subject of continuing public questioning.

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Dec 7, 1973

In order to answer these questions and to dispel public doubts, I am today making public a full accounting of my financial transactions since I assumed this Office.

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Dec 7, 1973

The fact that the total spent on my home was $68,000 has been ignored.

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Dec 7, 1973

The accountants who prepared them listed all of the deductions to which they believed I was entitled, and only those deductions.

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Dec 6, 1973

Noting with deep satisfaction the fact that the relations between the United States and the Socialist Republic of Romania have been developing positively in many fields in the past years, the two Presidents concurrently expressed their…

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Dec 6, 1973

The two Presidents welcomed the continuing expansion of cultural and scientific relations between the two countries.

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Dec 6, 1973

President and Mrs. Ceausescu expressed their cordial thanks to President and Mrs. Nixon for the friendly reception and hospitality extended to them during the visit, regarding it as an expression of the friendship and mutual esteem…

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Dec 5, 1973

The VA pension program should be structured to assure that additional income flows to the neediest pensioners.

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Dec 5, 1973

Today I am pleased to sign into law H.R. 9474, which will provide increased pensions and related benefits for over 2 million veterans, veterans' widows, and surviving children and parents.

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Dec 5, 1973

The program is currently fraught with inconsistencies, inequities, and anomalies which cannot be corrected unless the entire framework of the program is restructured.

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Dec 5, 1973

Veterans and widows should be treated equally with regard to income and pension payments.

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Dec 5, 1973

Now it is important that we move on together in the development of specific proposals so that full pension reform can be enacted early in the next session of the Congress.

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Dec 4, 1973

The two Presidents solemnly reaffirmed that the bilateral relations between the United States of America and the Socialist Republic of Romania are founded on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, and, consistent with…

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Dec 4, 1973

They expressed the conviction that all nations, whatever their size, political, economic or social systems or level of development, should contribute to a durable world peace, founded on freedom, equality, justice and respect for human…

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Dec 4, 1973

President Nixon reaffirmed his commitment to seek authority to provide most-favored-nation tariff treatment for Romania in recognition of the importance of this reciprocal principle as a factor in international relations and in the…

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