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    or to a country as we see in President Gerald Ford decision to pardon Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal. President Nixon the only United States President to ever resign as a consequence of the Watergate scandal. (Whitehouse.gov) One has to understand that forgiveness is the beginning of a healing process and at the time the United States of America as a nation need to heal as the country recovery from the ordeal of the Vietnam War. In my opinion, President Nixon only logical choice was to

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    of us .Confident people believe in themselves,and because they believe,they achieve.You have confidence in yourself and your abilities.President Nixon,because of a lack of confidence,ruined his political career.In 1972,Nixon’s re-election campaign.Because of his remarkable achievements in the first term,so most political commentators are predicting Nixon will win by a landslide.Nixon himself,however,is not very confident.He can’t walk out of psychological shadow of the past few failure,extremely

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    Persuasion I strongly believe that Nixon 's speech should be included in the argument chapter of the next edition of 40 model essay. On November 3, 1969, President Richard Nixon gave a televised address to the nation on his Vietnam War policy called “Vietnamization”. The speech, which Richard Nixon wrote himself, was given in response to a protest against the Vietnam War in cities across the nation. During his successful campaign for the presidency in 1968, Richard Nixon promised he had a secret plan

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    away with it? Well that person is Nixon. President Richard Nixon was one of the most famous presidents in the United States. He was mainly renowned for his huge role in the Watergate scandal. The Watergate scandal was important because Nixon and his cabinet arranged to get people to spy on the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate building. After it became clear Nixon was responsible, he manages to resign before he was going to be impeached. President Nixon was involved with the Watergate

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    Richard Nixon was 37th President of United States from 1969 until 1974. He won second term as president in 1972 defeating George McGovern. Also, President Nixon is remembered as the first President to resign from Office after the 70s Watergate Scandal. His achievement includes forging diplomatic ties with China and Soviet Union and also withdrawing troops from war in Vietnam. But his involvement in Watergate ruined his term as President and resigned in 1974 rather than facing impeachment. United

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    Encyclopedia of Presidents Richard Nixon Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, CA on January 9, 1913. Nixon died April 22, 1994, he died at the age of 81. Nixon attened Fullerton High and transfered to Whittier High. Nixon ran for student body presidant but lost. After High School Nixon was offered a scholarship to Harvard but did not take it. Richard attened Whittier College, and made a reputation as a formidabile debater. Nixon was also a great athlete. Later on he married Thelma Catherine Ryan

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    In next year, all of the citizens in the United States of America are ready to welcome a new president- the 45th president of the America. When everyone think about presidents, they usually give them many honor words, and they also consider that presidents are the most powerful elected official in the world. Specifically, in the America, majority presidents are men, and they are always the best leader of the country. Not embarrassed when everyone talked like this because right now the U.S is one

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    Alan Pilgreen 1. In order to accurately depict the Watergate scandal we will need to look into the history if the elements that made this event possible. In November of 1968 President Nixon was elected as president, he server from January 1969 to August 1974. President Nixon was a former Vice President to President Eisenhower from January 1953 to January 1961. In June of 1971 the New York Time began publishing documents that would be known as the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers documented

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    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States. He served from 1969 to 1974 becoming the only U.S. president to step down from office. Nixon was born on January 9,1913 in Yorba Linda, California. He graduated from Whittier High School second in his class and was offered a scholarship to attend Harvard. Due to the fact that his parents could not afford the travel fees and living expenses, he went to a more local college, Whittier College. Here he earned the reputation of a challenging

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    The Watergate Scandal During the early 1970’s, a scandal took place at the hands of former president, Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon wanted to ensure that he got the chance to get reelected. He took extreme measures to do so, one of those extreme measures included espionage. On June 17, 1972, five burglars were taken down to the police station after breaking into the Watergate complex buildings in Washington, D.C. The five burglars; James McCord, Virgilio Gonzalez, Frank Sturgis, Eugenio Martinez,

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