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For over 4 months, Watergate has dominated the news media. During the past 3 months, the three major networks have devoted an average of over 22 hours of television time each week to this subject. The Senate committee has heard over 2 million words of testimony. This investigation began as an effort to discover the facts about the break-in and bugging of the Democratic National Headquarters and other campaign abuses.
President Nixon used his first televised Watergate speech to announce the departure of several members of his staff. Watch Nixon 24m. I want to talk to you tonight from my heart on a subject of deep concern to every American. Watch Nixon 10m. Good evening.
I have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.
Following a landslide re-election in November , Nixon was inaugurated for a second term on January 20, Watch the Address 17m.
Vice President, Mr. Chief Justice, Senator Cook, Mrs. Eisenhower, and my fellow citizens of this great and good country we share together:. When we met here four years ago, America was bleak in spirit, depressed by the prospect of seemingly endless war abroad and of destructive conflict at home.
As we meet here today, we stand on the threshold of a new era of peace in the world. President, my colleagues in the Congress, our distinguished guests and my fellow Americans:. To address a joint session of the Congress in this great Chamber in which I was once privileged to serve is an honor for which I am deeply grateful. The State of the Union Address is traditionally an occasion for a lengthy and detailed account by the President of what he has accomplished in the past, what he wants the Congress to do in the future, and, in an election year, to lay the basis for the political issues which might be decisive in the fall.
Tonight I want to talk to you on a subject of deep concern to all Americans and to many people in all parts of the world—the war in Vietnam. But on our part, believe me, it is spontaneous.
Nixon became the only president ever to resign the office. Helen Thomas, correspondent and White House bureau chief for United Press International, leans against a wall as she awaits transcripts of Nixon's resignation speech in the White House press office.
People gather and celebrate in front of the White House on the evening of Nixon's resignation speech. A woman reads a headline in front of the White House on the afternoon of Nixon's resignation speech.
Nixon raises his hands with victory signs in the doorway of a helicopter after leaving the White House following his resignation on Aug. Contact Gabriel H. Sanchez at gabriel.
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