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was hit by Shrapnel from an exploding rocket; shot in both legs by machine gun and continue to treat injured soldiers despite his injury. Presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Richard Nixon in 1969. Medal of Honor Recipient On March 7th‚ 1968 President Richard Nixon presented 21-year-old Sasser with the Congressional Medal of Honor “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty”. SP5C Clarence Sasser
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Watergate building‚ inside the office of the Democratic National Committee. The burglars were connected to President Richard Nixon’s reelection campaign‚ and they had been caught while trying to take secret documents and wiretap cellular devices. People still don’t know if Nixon was involved or knew of the dilemma before it was brought up. As soon as the issue was being raised‚ Nixon tried to cover it up by raising “hush money” for the prowlers‚ trying to stop the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
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psyche of the man himself. Richard M. Nixon was a secretive man who did not tolerate criticism well‚ who engaged in numerous acts of duplicity‚ who kept lists of enemies‚ and who used the power of the presidency to seek petty acts of revenge on those enemies. As early as the 1968 campaign Nixon was scheming about Vietnam. Just as the Democrats were gaining in the polls following Johnson’s halting of the bombing of North Vietnam and news of a possible peace deal‚ Nixon set out to sabotage the Paris
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presidential race had begun. Stood forth America was a young gentleman named John Kennedy who talked about change and that he was himself. He was young‚ charismatic‚ ready to lead and completely opposite his vice president‚ Richard Nixon. John Kennedy has even said privately “[Richard Nixon] has no taste”. (D. Faber)‚ 1994. During this time politically where the world was at a scare with the growing communist of surrounding countries change was exactly what we needed. Cuba was knocking on our back door
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between 1972 and 1974. Why did Watergate occur in the first place? Every poll showed that President Nixon had a huge lead over Senator McGovern‚ so why did it happen? Watergate was caused by Nixon’s paranoia which lead to a cover-up that destroyed his presidency. Understanding the personality of Richard Nixon makes understanding the crimes of Watergate possible. Most sources agree that Nixon was‚ in essence‚ two men. According to John Ehrlichman‚ “There was another side to him‚ like the flat
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Watergate Hotel was made famous following a break-in that was covered up by then president‚ Richard Nixon‚ and that ultimately lead to his impeachment and resignation. When visitors check-in to the newly renovated hotel their room keys will say “No need to break-in” and the customer service number was skillfully created to end in 1972. Additionally‚ the wash rooms are set to occasionally play recordings of Richard Nixon’s speeches. Euro Capital Properties‚ the company that restored the hotel‚ wanted to
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administration were involved‚ hinting at the potential that the Presidency itself might be corrupt. This suspicion was only strengthened when the Committee to Reelect the President (CREEP) was found to have orchestrated the break in. As President at the time‚ Nixon had even more suspicion directed towards him as he had been reelected just before this scandal took place. This has been attributed to CREEP members having engaged in illegal activities‚ some of which resembled Watergate. 8‚ 9‚
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while Pablo Escobar was on solely the rise of becoming an imperialistic drug dealer with a growing empire. There were thirty-eight Presidents throughout the 1970’s‚ but one very important one was President Richard Nixon. Nixon was a very peculiar President; he was paranoid of most things‚ but Nixon was not that bad. He ended a long time of non-relations with China and ended the trifling war in Vietnam (Edelstein and McDonough 74-75). The war in Vietnam (including black power) were the cause for many
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Pentagon Papers; The Truth to War On June 31‚ 1971‚ President Nixon picked up a copy of his New York Times newspaper and found the 1st story on the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers was a hidden government document that had information on the Vietnam War. It was also a government study in Southeast Asia. Daniel Ellsberg knew that the government was hiding something. Daniel Ellsberg was a political activist. He was the one who leaked the information to the New York Times. Daniel Ellsberg
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