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Nixon inherited the Viet Nam war with a promise to bring "peace with honor," one of his 1968 campaign slogans. His Viet Nam strategies included "Vietnamization," a policy aimed at reducing U.S. casualties and troops, while ... convincing the American public that the Vietnamese people could assume the primary responsibility of waging war. To win support for the war among the "silent majority," Nixon pursued the "politics of polarization." Instrumental to this cause was Nixon's first vice president Spiro T. Agnew, who criticized opponents of the war as "nattering nabobs of negativism," and an "effete corps of impudent snobs." Nixon also sought to instill in the North Vietnamese the belief that he was volatile and unstable, and willing to use nuclear weapons in the war, a strategy known as the "madman scenario."
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On the domestic front, Nixon waged a major battle against inflation. With Congress pressing for more government spending, the administration fought to curb expenditures and balance the budget. The economy continued to decline while the administration waged its battle against inflation. Finally, to reverse a dangerous trend, the President, in August 1971, completely reversed himself, instituted wage and price controls, imposed a tax on imports, and asked for tax cuts. Early in 1972, after he agreed to devaluation of the dollar, the economy began to improve.
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Many of the Nixon tapes were subpoenaed by Leon Jaworski and the Judiciary Committee, but Nixon refused to surrender them. When it became evident that tapes already supplied to the courts would be made public in the trials, Nixon released edited transcripts of some taped conversations. Nixon’s refusal to comply with subpoenas for tapes early in 1974 led Leon Jaworski to appeal to the Supreme Court. On July 24, 1974, the Court ruled against Nixon’s claims of "executive privilege". Also in July, the Judiciary Committee voted to introduce three impeachment articles. They accused Nixon of obstructing justice, abusing presidential power, and refusing to obey subpoenas by the House.
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Biography: Reconciliation was the first goal set by President Richard M. Nixon. The Nation was painfully divided, with turbulence in the cities and war overseas. During his Presidency, Nixon succeeded in ending American fighting in Viet Nam and improving relations with the U.S.S.R. and China. But the Watergate scandal brought fresh divisions to the country and ultimately led to his resignation.
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Richard Milhous Nixon served as the thirty-seventh president of the United States from 1969 to August of 1974. He became the first U.S. president to resign from office, avoiding certain impeachment by Congress for his role in the Watergate scandal.
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Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, was the only President in more than two centuries of American history to resign from office. He was driven from office by the Watergate scandal, resigning in the face of certain impeachment on August 9, 1974. He often acknowledged that the event would inevitably stain his pages in history.
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