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 =**Committee to Reelect the President **=  Often, a president will form a committee to help him get reelected for a second term in office. Like most presidents, this is what Nixon decided to do. The campaign could raise as much money as they wanted without disclosing any of the information. From the outside looking in, the Committee to Reelect the President was as innocent as it looked. However, the committee, which was led by former attorney general John Mitchell, would cause the biggest scandal in the history of the United States. After the Watergate story was broken, several of the members continued to lead good political careers after it was over. The legal expenses were the least of their worries, as they now had a slew of money to use from the money that otherwise would have gone to the resigned Nixon's attempt to be reelected.
 * Other committee members included:
 * G. Gordon Liddy,
 * E. Howard Hunt
 * Charles "Chuck" Colson
 * Karl Rove

=**The Plumbers **=  Nixon's "plumbers" were the men and women who intially were instructed to stop the leaking of classified information that Nixon did not want to get into the public's hands. But as time went on, the acts that the men and women were performing became more and more extreme. And the illegal activities would catch up to them as a dirty trail was left at the scene of the Watergate Hotel.

List of Plumbers:
 * John Dean
 * John Ehrlichman
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">H. R. Haldeman
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">E. Howard Hunt
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Egil Krogh
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">G. Gordon Liddy
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">Jeb Magruder
 * <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">John N. Mitchell

<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: arial; line-height: 19px;"> =**<span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Watergate **=

<span style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> During the presidential election campaign, a break-in occurred at the Democrat Party’s headquarters in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, D.C. Reporters at the local newspaper began to claim that some of Nixon’s officials were the people behind the break-in, but the President immediately refuted these claims. But, in 1973, the matter became increasingly more suspicious as several of Nixon’s top advisors began withdrawing themselves from the campaign. One adviser, John Dean, was forced out of the campaign after he refused to leave. In April of that year, Dean made a statement of how he did not want to be a “scapegoat in the Watergate case.” Also revealed was the fact that Nixon had recordings of conversations that took place regarding the scandal. Nixon refused to give up these tapes until the Supreme Court stepped in. But, to very little surprise, there were several gaps and missing audio in the tapes he provided. Not until the demand for the transcripts of the missing tapes became severe, did Nixon give in and release them. Nixon saw no way around impeachment, but he wanted to go out on his own terms. President Richard Nixon became the very first president to resign from office on August 9th, 1974. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> __Part of Nixon's Resignation Speech (Full speech can be found__ [|here] <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">__)__ media type="file" key="video.mp4"

=**<span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Foreign Affairs **=

<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> To many, the high point to the presidency of Richard Nixon came through his foreign policy. While Nixon had spent most of his career bashing Communism, he would come to the realization that peaceful talks with these countries could be more effective. He aimed for China becoming "Communist free". Nixon sought to bring peace to several foreign countries, as he realized that putting aside their differences would lead to a better future for everyone involved (socially and economically). Nixon's "wooing" of China and other foreign powers began in 1969 when he removed the anti-China talk that was coming from Washington, loosened the trade between the U.S. and China, and removed many of the U.S. troops in Vietnam and China. Nixon removed the troops with a method he dubbed Vietnamization, which involved replacing U.S. soldiers with South Vietnamese soldiers. Nixon would also announce the Nixon Doctrine which said that the United States would provide help foreign democratic countries by giving them supplies and financial aid, but not our troops. China continued to become more and more interested in what the U.S. had to say. In 1972, Nixon tried to appear like a "madman". He viciously bombed Hanoi, North Vietnam's capital. His strategy worked as the U.S. and North Vietnam worked out a peace treaty. The terms weren't better than the earlier negotiation North Vietnam proposed in 1969. In that time frame, 25,000 Americans had been killed in the war. Nixon would never see his full plans completed for his foreign policy due to a scandal that would cause a colossal stir throughout the nation.

=**<span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">War Powers Act **=

<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> The War Powers Act was passed in 1973, despite a veto by President Nixon. It stated that Congress had to be notified when the decision is made to send U.S. Forces into hostilities. It also states that the Forces have to be withdrawn within 60-90 days (unless a Declaration of War has been made). The main purpose of the act was to ensure that the President would consult with Congress before making any rash war decisions. Even today, the constitutionality of the act is questioned, as it has been blatantly disregarded in past presidencies with little attention given by the media.

=**<span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center; display: block;">Post Presidency **= <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);"> Following his presidency, Nixon returned to his home in San Clemente, California with his wife. He would travel throughout the country and the world visiting Europe, Asia, and Africa. His most famous post presidency interview took place with David Frost. The interview went disastrously for Nixon. Below is one of the most famous lines, mentioned below. media type="file" key="video.mp4"

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">In 2008, a movie was made about the interviews that took place between David Frost and President Nixon after his resignation. The interviews would turn out to be an epic failure for Nixon. One of the most famous lines is reenacted in the video below when Nixon says that "If the President does it, that means it is not illegal". The movie was directed by Ron Howard and stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen.

<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">__Frost/Nixon Trailer__ media type="file" key="video-3.mp4" =**<span style="font-size: 35px; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(0, 0, 128); text-align: center; display: block; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Poll **=

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