At about the same time, a young man last Columbia University, graduated from columbia, joined the st. Louis postdispatch, became an editorial writer and along the way she met Richard Nixon and that began a magnificent journey. It became a Magic Carpet Ride from Richard Nixons defeat through years of what Richard Nixon described as the Wilderness Years to the achievement of the highest office in the world, president of the United States. And pat buchanan was with him every step of the way and its record in this great book Just Launched last week. In fact, this is the Pacific Coast launch of it. The greatest comeback of how Richard Nixon built the new majority and the silent majority and how he won the presidency. So here is a man who spent every day within, strategizing, planning, creating and he is a firsthand eyewitness to the magnificent brilliance of the 37th president. Please file, pat buchanan. [applause] [applause] thank you very much, sandy. With that reception, and may start lo
37th president s resignation. Next june we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the watergate breakin a crime of consequence that would go on to define a scandal in a critical period in 20th century history. Our distinguished speaker this evening was inside of the white house as it all unfolded. Geoff shepard was a white house fellow who was later assigned to the Domestic Council in the Nixon Administration. When the white house began requiring a Legal Defense as the watergate matter grew in 1973 and 74. Jeff was the youngest lawyer on the team. He was the first to listen to the smoking gun tape. He coined the phrase smoking gun. In fact later. He was there in the east room on august 9th as president nixon said farewell to his staff. And Geoff Shepard was standing in the back of the east room, and he was not happy. After hearing the smoking gun tape people leave like many the president nixon was hiding the truth and had been for several years. And then jeff started digging. And he
37th president s resignation. Next june we will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the watergate breakin a crime of consequence that would go on to define a scandal in a critical period in 20th century history. Our distinguished speaker this evening was inside of the white house as it all unfolded. Geoff shepard was a white house fellow who was later assigned to the Domestic Council in the Nixon Administration. When the white house began requiring a Legal Defense as the watergate matter grew in 1973 and 74. Jeff was the youngest lawyer on the team. He was the first to listen to the smoking gun tape. He coined the phrase smoking gun. In fact later. He was there in the east room on august 9th as president nixon said farewell to his staff. And Geoff Shepard was standing in the back of the east room, and he was not happy. After hearing the smoking gun tape people leave like many the president nixon was hiding the truth and had been for several years. And then jeff started digging. And he
Good evening. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the nixon library. My name is jim byron. Thank you. And im the president ceo of the Richard Nixon foundation, and its my pleasure to welcome you here this evening. We have a truly terrific evening in store for you and let me begin by welcoming some special guests starting with larry higby whos a member of the board of directors of the Richard Nixon foundation. In sandy quinn a member of the board former president of the Nixon Foundation colonel jack brennan. The Marine Military aid the president nixon and his chief of staff in the san clemente years judge, jim rogan. Thank you for being here, sir. Jean hernandez the mayor pro tem of the great city of yorba linda. Thank you for being here gene. I want to welcome dr. Lori cox hahn, who is the doybee henley chair of president ial studies at Chapman University and her colleague dr. Luke nichter, who is the james . Kavanaugh chair in president ial studies, which is a new program at Chapman Univ
And great people into our government. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, lets thank dwight chapin. Weekends on cspan are an intellectual feast. Every saturday, american documents america story. And on sundays, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. Funding for cspan two comes from these Television Companies and more. Including charter communications. Broadband is a force for empowerment, thats why treasure has invested billions building infrastructure, upgraded technology, improving technology and communities big and small. Charter is connecting us. Charter communications, along with these Television Companies, supports hes been to as a public service. Simply so, up to this point e course we have been talking a lot about the degree to which that constitution did not take the form of a simple written document, but rather as a set of ideas of the structure and function of american government. Among these key ideas was a reliance on union, particularly those mutual f