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As i leave the presidency. To have served in this office is to have felt a very personal sense of kinship with each and every american. And leaving it, i do so with this prayer. May gods grace be with you in all the days ahead. More now on the 40th anniversary of president nixons resignation. With a recent discussion hosted by the Washington Post. It includes journalist bob woodward, carl bernstein, Elizabeth Drew and ruth marcus talking about the scandal that led to president nixon stepping dow...

In the age of really accessible video, we cant talk about nixon 40 years later without taking the opportunity to go back in time and actually see the events of that evening. So if we could do that, that would be great. It never works. Were going to give the sound ten seconds to work and then well he never resigned. If anybody can read lips and can tell us what happened. Its all a trick. So without that dramatic moment, some of us remember it. Some of us have seen it on tv when the wireless feed ...

Were nine conversations over the span of six months. Coming up next, gannon draws on clips of the footage to focus on the days leading up to and right after nixons departure from office. He recalls working with nixon on his memoirs. This event was sponsored by the Richard Nixon foundation. Have mark updegrove, the director of the lyndon b. Johnson president ial library. He is a president ial historian. With him, the start of our show, frank gannon. Nixon aid. White house [applause] thank you. We...

Leading up to and after his departure from office on august 9, 1974. He recalls working with nixon on his memoirs. This runs about one hour and 20 minutes. Let me not hold up this great program. Director of the linden pain Johnson Lyndon library, and we who was a gannon white house staffer during the nixon administered. Lets not hold them up. [applause] welcome, everybody. Tonight, we are going to see eene very littles interviews with Richard Nixon conducted by frank gannon. What strikes me abou...

There were nine conversations over several months with topics ranging to watergate and his resignation. Up next on the presidency, gannon draws from the clips leading up to and after his departure from office on august 9, 1974. He recalls working with nixon on his memoirs. This runs about one hour and 20 minutes. Let me not hold up this great program. We have the director of the Lyndon Baines johnson library, and we have frank gannon who was a white house staffer during the nixon administered. L...

Im harry fortanado drk tore of public affairs. I want to thank you for joining us in the latest it ration of the hail to the chiefs lecture series copresented by our partners a the trueman Library Institute the Foundation Arm of the harry s. Truman Library Museum and independence. Here at the library, we just love to do programs commemorating anniversaries. And such as the case tonight, 40 years ago. Well technically, 39 years and 363 days ago. But work with me on this gerald ford became the fir...

First historian to perform the first scholarly study of the fort administration. He First Edition of his book was published some 19 years ago by the University Press of kansas. It is still in print. Report, on its fourth printing. Of course, being a pioneer has its disadvantages. In the earlyhat days, he was often asked if his interest in the ford presidency was a function of the fact that all the more interesting president s had been taken. Thoughts of this nature do a disservice to bobs schola...

In your book about al gore and the gridiron dinner. What was it . In the last year of the clinton presidency, bill clinton, the president , decided he would bag the gridiron dinner, where the president usually goes to speak. And he didnt like it much. It was the second time he didnt. And taking his place was al gore. I got a phone call just a few days before the dinner, wondering if id help in Vice President gores speech. I got a call from my friend, bob shrum, who was a media guy for gore. And ...

Left, the base study was my portfolio. So i found myself spending half of my time on the hill on what became a major onslaught against the administrations the vietnam policy. This was sort of the forum for the end the war group at the time. And so gradually, since i was the only one doing that, anything that came up having to do with congress ended up on my desk. It was an opportunity for me because dick kaegel had a big portfolio when he left and everybody else was so busy in the National Secur...

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