The Richard Nixon Presidential Library has released interviews with key staff charged with investigating whether there were grounds to impeach President Nixon.  This oral history is with Francis O’Brien, chief of staff to Congressman Peter Rodino, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee in 1974.

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To mark the 40^th anniversary of the Watergate break-in on June 17th, the Richard Nixon Presidential Library released interviews with key staff charged with investigating whether there were grounds to impeach President Nixon. This is the first time that many of these individuals have spoken for the record about the work and inner politics of the impeachment inquiry. A selection of these interviews will be televised for the first time on American History TV throughout June. This is an oral history from William Weld, who served as a member of the House Judiciary Committee impeachment staff. He recalls the committee’s work to define what constituted grounds for impeachment. Mr. Weld later served as governor of Massachusetts. 

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Wally Funk was one of 13 women selected by NASA in 1961 to be the First Lady Astronaut Trainees, or “FLATs." This group of women is sometimes called the Mercury 13, as they underwent some of the same physiological tests as their male counterparts – the Mercury Seven astronauts.  Unlike the Mercury Seven, however, these women never flew a NASA mission. Funk was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Collection.

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Mercury Seven astronaut Scott Carpenter – one of America’s first men in space – was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Carpenter was the fourth American in space, and the second to orbit the Earth.

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Mercury Seven astronaut Alan Shepard was interviewed as part of the NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project. Shepard was the first American in space, and the fifth man to walk on the Moon.    

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Laurence Silberman served as the Undersecretary of Labor during the Nixon Administration -- and was later named Deputy Attorney General after the "Saturday Night Massacre." In excerpts from this oral history recorded for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, he discusses labor policies and politics from that era, the aftermath of President Nixon's 1972 re-election, and his suspicions that the president was involved in Watergate.

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Laurence Silberman served as the Undersecretary of Labor during the Nixon Administration. In this oral history recorded for the Richard Nixon Presidential Library, Silberman discusses labor policies from that era including affirmative action and the development of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration – also known as OSHA. 

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Charles Colson – who served as Special Counsel to President Richard Nixon –  died on Saturday at the age of 80. In 2007 and 2008, he sat down with Timothy Naftali of the Nixon Presidential Library for two extended oral history interviews.

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 Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Next, an interview with Tracy Black Enders, daughter of Charlie Black, a reporter for the Columbus Ledger Enquirer who was embedded with the 7^th Cavalry during the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley.

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 Forty years after the first full scale engagement between U.S. troops and the People’s Army of Vietnam, the Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech University in Lubbock interviewed veterans from the Battles of the Ia Drang Valley. It was after these battles – waged in November 1965 – that North Vietnamese forces began engaging in guerilla warfare. The Americans – outnumbered by the North Vietnamese Army – prevailed, but it was at a heavy cost. Enrique Pujals was a 2^nd lieutenant and a platoon leader with 2^nd Battalion, 7^th Cavalry in the fall of 1965. His platoon got into the fight at Landing Zone X-Ray – where his men were first hit with friendly fire.

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