In January 1973 the United States and North Vietnam signed a peace treaty. While the war was going on Nixon's national security advisor Henry Kissinger was involved in negotiations to end the war. After his attack on Cambodia the demonstration included ones at Kent State University in which 4 students were killed by the National guard. Many of Nixon's actions especially his attack into Cambodia met with violent protest. Simultaneously the fighting was expanded to neighboring Cambodia to destroy North Vietnamese sanctuaries. He followed a dual track, on one hand decreasing direct American involvement in the fighting by Vietnamization- turning over more and more of the ground fighting directly to the Vietnamese. President Nixon's initial major foreign policy focus was on ending the War in Vietnam. For the next six years Nixon worked for a new York law firm, and campaigned for Republicans throughout the country. After his defeat he gave a press conference in which he states " you won't have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference". His opponent was incumbent governor Edmund Brown. He then lost an election for Governor of California in 1962. Nixon travelled extensively engaging in the famous kitchen debate with Khrushchev at the US exhibition in Moscow. Nixon presided over cabinet meetings when Eisenhower was away and when he was sick.
This speech which became known as the Checkers speech, and received a very favorable reaction from the public and he remained on the ticket. In the end of the speech he admitted that he had received one present, a dog named checkers for his daughter, and that he would not return.
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Nixon went on TV and admitted that he had the fund but that it was not for personal use, but for political use. Eisenhower said that he would keep Nixon on the ticket only if he were able to clear himself. During the campaign he was accused of having a slush fund. In 1952 Nixon was nominated to become the Vice Presidential candidate. He won his candidate partly because of his attacks on his opponent of Helen Douglas claiming that her voting record in the House corresponded with the goals of the communist party. In 1950 Nixon was elected to the US Senate. This became known as the Alger Hiss case. Nixon emerged as a national figure due to his position as Chairman of the House Un-American Activities Special Subcommittee to investigate whether government officials were former Communists. He defeated the five time incumbent Democratic Representative Jerry Voorhis. In 1946 Nixon ran to become the US representative from California's twelfth Congressional District (Whittier and parts of Los Angeles). He rose from lieutenant junior grade to lieutenant commander, he served in Pacific, primarily in Logistics. In 1940 he became involved in forming a company to manufacture frozen orange juice. Nixon practiced Law in Whittier after being admitted to the Bar. He was admitted to the California Bar the same year.
He graduated in 1937 second in the class of 37. He went on to Duke University Law School on scholarship. Nixon attended Whittier College from 1930-1934, graduating second in a class of 85. He entered Fullerton High schools, and in his junior year he transferred to Whittier High School in 1930. The most traumatic event of his childhood was the death of is brother Harold from tuberculosis.
During the time when the Teapot Dome Scandal became public he told his mother one day:" I would like to become a lawyer an honest lawyer who can't be bought by the crooks.". Twice he nearly died, once from an accident and once from pneumonia. Nixon grew up among the poverty of the Yorba Linda. Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. During his administration he established relations with Communist China and extracted the United States from Vietnam. His crime was his involvement in the Watergate break-in and coverup. Nixon was the only President to resign in disgrace.
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