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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9 1913 – April 22 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. He is the only American President to have resigned from office. His resignation came in the face of imminent impeachment related to the Watergate first break-in and the subsequent Watergate scandal. He was also the 36th Vice President (1953–1961) serving under Dwight D. Eisenhower. Nixon is the only American to have been elected twice to the Vice Presidency and twice to the Presidency, and is given credit for redefining the office of Vice President, making it for the first time a high visibility platform and base for a presidential candidacy.
Nixon is noted for his diplomatic accomplishments in foreign policy, especially Détente with the Soviet Union and China, and ending the Vietnam War. He is also noted for his middle-of-the-road domestic policy that combined conservative rhetoric and, in many cases, liberal action, as in his environmental policy.
As President, Nixon imposed wage and price controls, indexed Social Security for inflation, and created Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The number of pages added to the Federal Register each year doubled under Nixon. He advocated gun control and eradicated the last remnants of the gold standard. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and implemented the Philadelphia Plan, the first significant federal affirmative action program. As a party leader, Nixon helped build the Republican Party (GOP), but he ran his 1972 campaign separately from the party, which perhaps helped the GOP escape some of the damage from Watergate.
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Articles of Impeachment - Full text of the Articles adopted by the House Committee on the Judiciary following the Watergate Scandal.
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Encyclopedia Americana: Watergate - Provides a detailed overview of the affair, including the break-in itself, the cover-up, the collapse of the cover-up, and the outcome.
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Richard M. Nixon - The Watergate Tapes - Audio clips and transcripts of key conversations between Nixon and aides during Watergate crisis.
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TIME Newsfile: Watergate - The story of the scandal told through the medium of Time covers and stories.
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Watergate - From the Washington Post, the newspaper that cracked the scandal, a package that includes analysis, articles, timeline, biographies. Created to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the June, 1972 break-in.
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Watergate Scandal - In depth information on the scandal. Includes a timeline, speech transcripts and other related information.
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Watergate Tapes Online - Audio links to exerpts from the tapes that brought down the Nixon White House. Presented by the Washington Post.
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Watergate.com - Contains news, opinion, discussion board, research guides, and links.
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Watergate: The 25th Anniversary - Special report on the affair, including articles, audio, chronology, and forum.
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