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Jill Wine-Banks reflected on her legal career that included her role in the Watergate case as one of the three assistant special prosecutors.

Pat Nixon entered the White House as first lady 50 years ago in January 1969. A panel discussed her work, interests and contributions to the Nixon administration. The White House Historical…

Attorney Rufus Edmisten served as the deputy chief counsel on the Senate Watergate Committee, which was chaired by North Carolina Senator Sam Ervin. In his book, That’s Rufus: A Memoir of Tar Hell Politics,…

This short film is a 1972 Republican National Committee tribute to First Lady Pat Nixon.

Geoff Shepard was principal deputy to President Nixon’s lead defense lawyer. He made the case for what he says was judicial and prosecutorial abuse in the Watergate scandal that ended Mr. Nixon’s presidency.…

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, recently opened a new exhibit about Watergate. Library Director Timothy Naftali gave American History TV a tour…

Jill Wine-Banks was an assistant special prosecutor for the Watergate investigation in 1974 and 1975. She talked about the prosecution’s strategy, the events surrounding the Saturday Night…

Elizabeth Holtzman (D-NY) talked about the impeachment of President Nixon from her perspective as a freshman in Congress and described the impeachment hearing process. In 1973 she became…

Former Senator Trent Lott (R-MS) talked about his experiences as a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives and member of the Judiciary Committee in the early 1970s, focusing on the…

Next . . . An oral history interview that provides a new look into the Nixon impeachment inquiry. To mark the 40th anniversary of the Watergate break-in on June 17th, the Richard Nixon…

Hillary Rodham Clinton discussed her time as a lawyer on the staff of the House Judiciary Committee during the impeachment inquiry of President Richard Nixon in 1974. The interview is from…

U.S. Air Force Academy Professor Stephen Randolph taught a class about President Richard Nixon, his National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger, and their strategy for the U.S. withdrawal…

This U.S. Information Agency report examines the meaning of the term “silent majority” as used by President Nixon in his November 3, 1969, address on Vietnam War policy. Anchored by…

Historians analyzed the secret White House tapes of Presidents John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. This was an inside look into how presidents conducted their day-to-day…

In his first address to the nation on Vietnam, President Richard Nixon proposed the withdrawal of U.S. forces from South Vietnam as long as the North Vietnamese removed their forces as…

Former California Governor Pete Wilson remembered Richard Nixon on the 25th anniversary of his funeral. He was one of four eulogists. He was interviewed by former Nixon Administration…

Columnist and political commentator Pat Buchanan, who served as a speechwriter and senior adviser to President Nixon, talked about his book, Nixon’s White House Wars.

Brooklyn College Professor KC Johnson taught a class on Presidents Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon’s Supreme Court nominations. He described Johnson’s plan to fill the bench with liberal…

University of Chicago Professor Jane Dailey taught a class about the 1968 presidential election as well as protests over the Vietnam War and other issues during Richard Nixon’s first term.…

This CBS News broadcast of the January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon inauguration includes the swearing-in ceremony and president’s inaugural address, a prayer by Reverend Billy Graham, several…