Richard Nixon

Vietnamization.

The Watergate scandal began on 17 June 1972. This was during the term of Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974).

In keeping with his pre-election promise, President Nixon began the first phase of troop withdrawals in 1969.

Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974.

The Watergate scandal had prompted investigations of illegal political activities by those in Nixon's administration, and the House had begun impeachment proceedings against the President. After Gerald Ford became the 38th President, he pardoned Nixon, but many White House officials were tried, convicted, and imprisoned for their illegal acts.

An all volunteer military

President Nixon wanted South Vietnamese Troops to take over combat duties from U.S Forces.

He avoided it at first by keeping it a secret that he had the tapes in the first place. A man named Alex Butterfield released information that president Nixon had tapes he was keeping secret, which is what made president Nixon have to turn them in.

The victims, the soldiers fighting and the enemies.

US President Nixon was the first lawyer to sit in the White House since Franklin D. Roosevelt. He had a clear understanding of the power contained in the War Powers Act. He decided, however, four days after the US actions in Cambodia to ask the State Department lawyers to prepare a legal case for the invasion of Cambodia. While this was in process, he turned to the Attorney General's Office. It was there that he asked for a systematic constitutional defense for his actions in Cambodia. There he relied on an Assistant Attorney General, William Rehnquist.Rehnquist prepared the argument that the Commander in Chief clause had enabled presidents throughout history to send troops where needed in defense of the nation's defense and interests.

As an aside, Rehnquist would later become a Supreme Court Justice.

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By repeated harangues in the news media.

He covered up a crime.

Thomas Jefferson concluded the Louisiana Purchase which totalled 828,800 square miles.

The Mexican Cession was 525.000 square miles, but if the land that Texas claimed is added in, it totals about 1.2 million square miles and was concluded under James K. Polk.

Andrew Johnson picked up a mere 663,268 square miles with the purchase of Alaska.

William McKinley's acquired Puerto Rico (3,515 square miles), Hawaii (10.931 square miles), Guam (209 square miles) and the Philippines (115,831 square miles) for a total of 130,486 square miles which is hardly a drop in the bucket.

Jefferson got the best deal by far because like the purchase of Alaska no lives were squandered in warfare and no Army had to be equipped and paid for to achieve the National goal and neither were seen as acts of American Imperialism by the World in general.

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Economic integration on a world wide basis has contributed to globalization. Monetary systems all interact with each other thus what any nation does economically quickly affects trading partners and others associated with even one nation. It's like a domino affect.

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and in the Middle East; the Yom Kippur War.

'The connection between the break-in and the re-election campaign committee was highlighted by media coverage. In particular, investigative coverage byTime, The New York Times, and especially The Washington Post, fueled focus on the event. The coverage dramatically increased publicity and consequent political repercussions. Relying heavily upon anonymous sources, Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered information suggesting that knowledge of the break-in, and attempts to cover it up, led deep into the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, and even the White House.

Chief among the Post's anonymous sources was an individual they had nicknamed Deep Throat (who was later revealed in 2005 to be former Deputy Director of the FBI William Mark Felt, Sr.) It was the informant 'Deep Throat' who met secretly with Woodward, and told him of Howard Hunt's involvement with the Watergate break-in, and that the rest of the White House staff regarded the stake in Watergate extremely high.


'Deep Throat' also warned Woodward that the FBI wanted to know where he and the other reporters were getting the information which was uncovering even a wider web of crimes than first disclosed. In one of their last meetings, all of which took place at an underground parking garage somewhere in Washington DC at 2:00 AM, Deep Throat cautioned Woodward that he might be followed and not to trust their phone conversations.'

Conclusion: The media played a massive role in almost impeaching one of the most powerful men in the World and most certainly the roles played by 'Post' reporters Woodward and Bernstein were instrumental in forcing President Nixon to resign...

Information taken directly from Wikipedia, see link below.

He was criticized for excellerating the war

increasing troop levels

Both events were secret attempts by the United States to undermine pro-Soviet governments.

In the summer of 1974 Richard Nixon faced mounting pressure because of the continuing discoveries of the Watergate scandal. His approval rating reached an all time low of 23%. Finally on August 9th, 1974 Richard Nixon resigned in order to avoid facing impeachment by the Congress.

When Nixon's White House tapes demonstrated that he had authorized the payment of "hush money" to those involved in the Watergate break-in, and it became clear that he was about to be impeached, Nixon resigned.

There was much talk of a criminal prosecution after he left office. Gerald Ford, the Vice President who had taken over as President at Nixon's resignation, was constantly asked about the subject. He decided that the country could not afford to go through such a trial, which would likely last years, so extended a full pardon to Nixon.

Nixon retired to New Jersey and stayed out of the limelight. But his reputation, particularly in the area of foreign affairs, was somewhat revived in the 1980s, chiefly by his writings on the subject.

Richard Nixon's approach to China was to be open to contact for the first time since 1949. He was the first President since 1949 to visit China and begin diplomatic relations. He stopped short of full recognition.

Three articles of impeachment were voted on by the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives against President Nixon at the end of July, 1974. The articles were:

• obstruction of justice

• abuse of power

• contempt of Congress

The reasons for each article is lengthy, but the entire text of each can be found online on many different sites. The genuine fear on the part of lawmakers, pundits, and the media was that the high crimes and misdemeanors laid out by the Judiciary Committee might go unpunished. President Nixon might continue to push back against his critics, and continue to subvert the Constitution, and might leave office in January 1977 having managed to hang on. That seems unlikely. White House staff members had resigned, been ordered to resign or had gone to prison. This did not go unnoticed by those covering the White House, who wondered how deep the story went. Those former employees only knew part of the story. The release of the unexpurgated tapes made it all clear.

After it was all over it was common to hear people say, "the system worked;" in other words, the Constitution worked. It provides for a means to lawfully remove a president from office, and the first of those measures had been enacted. President Nixon had not been able to prevent the House Judiciary committee from doing its job. Rather than see it take its articles to the floor of the House, Nixon resigned. Somewhat ironically, his last act as president was entirely in keeping with the Constitution. (Article 2, Section 1.)