. but richard nixon, i don't know the exact numbers but during the nixon administration just about is money >> 28,000 americans killed when richard nixon was president. >> is about 50-50. >> i went to vietnam in 1971 after eddie adams who told me all the good pictures were taken. so yes, it went on and on and towards the end of the war with the president pulling the plug, i was in the room when that happened with him at the white house. >> we will go to the republican line, good morning. >> good morning, reporters of the time and the vietnam war described free and open access to the combat scenes, that they would hop a plane and able to see the fighting as it occurred. but the pentagon papers came along and they were great surprises and i am wondering, how would you reconcile the gap between the free access, missing the main facts of the war. >> i will have you answer the question and also explain how the pieces came back to the u.s. in the days before satellite transmission. >> in those days you had a camera crew if you are in television. it consisted of a cameraman, light and sou

against richard nixon. johnson did not like robert kennedy. that was no secret. he was uneasy at the same time and was deeply saddened by kennedy's assassination. >> at the same time, the apollo program continues to grow with research being done in florida and texas at cape canaveral and the johnson state center. apollo 8 we saw in the video a moment ago launched in december 1968. >> the thing about the cold war is that it brought out the worst and the best in america. part of that was a peaceful competition with the so be, soviet union regarding space. when the soviets heard about the satellite, they got going and launched the first satellite which was sputnik. foreign capitals at the time was sputnik one over the world and it would go eat the beep until washington and it would say hot, hot, hot. the space race was part of this whole thing. they not only beat us to the first satellite, they beat us to the first man in space. and again they were beating us in 1968. they had the first lunar orbit. they put up two turtles and some mealworms. the united states at that moment decided the

act. that past. and so the president was richard nixon and our concern was, is he going to sign it? and he was having troubles of his own at the time, but low and behold, he signed the act on december 22nd, 1973. we became then again, that we were the first tribe that congress admitted that they made a mistake and restored us to a federally recognized tribe, and here we are, were starting the process over. so i'm thinking, what i learned at that time is you don't only listen, you hear. and what you got to here's what your people are saying. and so for all of those that are fighting for civil rights, we experienced that. but, i mean it didn't seem like a civil rights it was a matter of survival to me. so that's kind of the way it was. so there is hope, there is a movement. continue to do it. i'm sorry i took so long. >> it was beautiful, thank you. [ applause ]. sylvia, it's so important, really sorry we didn't have more time. it's important for the story to be heard, because so few people know it. and the fact that it was primarily three, four, really strong women from the tribe is

delivered in january 1969, the final. a short time before richard nixon would take the oath of office. ofs was delivered at the end the term, a custom they no longer subscribe to. president carter delivered it in writing. ronald reagan chose a farewell address. none since carter formally had a state of the union with january as the final couple of weeks in office. note the wilsonian conception. not only is he moving it into prime time so millions of americans can watch. while he'd knowledge is -- acknowledges it can never get together perfectly, total respect is importantly. that means respect for the presidency and policy issues. of1969, we are coming off significant legislative enactments by johnson. height of an activist federal government. the union was designed, in part, to harness the power of the executive. the opposition party was not going to allow an increase in viewership to happen without a response. in 1966, republican congressional leaders gave the first official response to a state of the union address. it was a 30 minute televised address by everett dirksen and gerald ford.

. william rogers, of course, one of richard nixon's oldest and most trusted advisors. after the the period eisenhower heart attack when mr. nixon retreated to the arms of his friends, he retreated to the home of william b rogers, then attorney general. he has long counted on his advice. the major way stations on the way to the nixon presidency, there are the johnson daughters. mr. mudd: right behind them the ixon daughters. patricia, and julie, and david eisenhower, her husband of less than one month. the stands are rising now to applaud the arrival of the sons and daughters of the presidential family. rogers,douglas according to the information i have, who is the son of william rogers, the escort this afternoon for patricia. you look at the resemblance and they might be brothers. uld mudd: it would be woode it not? they are all seated and rose divided by the center aisle. the soft chairs are reserved for mr. agnew, mr. johnson, and mr. humphrey. 1, 2, 3, 4. everybody is in place. mr. mudd: the diplomatic corps, president the senate. nixon is in richard russell's office. mr. russell is one

, richard nixon took the oath of office to become the 30 second president of the united states. real america, -- "reel am erica," video of the inauguration anchored by roger mine and walker cronkite. the swearing-in ceremony, inaugural address, a prayer by reverend billy graham and the anchors pointing out notable people in the audience before and after the ceremony. mr. mudd: there is the reverend billy graham, participating in today's ceremony. from north carolina. just behind them is justice douglas, the supreme court. just behind him is hugo black. another picture of black. he may be the first to retire, is that not right? mr. cronkite: that's right. melvin laird, the secretary of defense. all of these nominees for the cabinet will be approved when the senate goes back into session after their lunch, all with the exception of robert heckel. if you remember, in the first roosevelt inaugural in 33, visit in a momenthrough of uncharacteristic senate speed, they got the whole group confirmed before the day was out. president nixon, when he leaves the stand, he goes back to the room a

hour or so. course, oners, of of richard nixon's oldest and most trusted advisors. you recall the period after the eisenhower heart attack when mr. the arms ofted to his friends. home ofated to the william rogers. one of the major way stations on .he way to the nixon presidency >> the johnson daughters. lucy hale and appeared right behind them, the nixon daughters. blonde, 22 years old, graduate of finch in new york. david eisenhower, her husband at less than a month. the sonshe arrival of and daughters of the this istial family douglas rogers, according to the information i have, the son of william rogers. he is the escort this afternoon for tricia. >> look at the resemblance between him and david eisenhower. they look like they might be brothers. >> that would be a dynasty, wouldn't it? you see, as we saw the two sons and daughters together, these are rows divided by the center aisle. the swivel soft chairs are reserved for mr. next and, mr. agnew, mr. johnson, and mr. hunter. 1, 2, 3, 4. everyone is in place now, walter. court diplomatic for the house and senate. insident-elect

afternoon within an hour or so. william rogers, of course, one of richard nixon's oldest and most trusted advisors. you recall the period after the eisenhower heart attack when mr. nixon retreated to the arms of his friends, he retreated to the home of william b. rogers, then attorney general. he has long counted on his advice. one of the major way stations on the way to the nixon presidency, there are the johnson daughters. mr. mudd: right behind them the nixon daughters. patricia the blonde, 22 years old, graduate of finch, and julie and david eisenhower, her husband of less than one month. the stands are rising now to applaud the arrival of the sons and daughters of the presidential family. this is douglas rogers, according to the information i have, who is the son of william rogers. he is the escort this afternoon for patricia. mr. cronkite: you look at the resemblance, and they might be brothers. mr. mudd: it would be a dynasty wouldn't it? mr. cronkite: they are all seated in rows divided by the center aisle. the four main soft chairs are reserved for mr. nixon, mr. agnew, m

. he did not run for reelection. richard nixon beach hubert humphrey in the november election. next on real america, a 45 minute documentary on lbj's activity that month. the film includes the lighting of the national christmas tree. and how the scenes with the -- holiday scenes with the johnson family. cabinet meetings about the economy and vietnam and scenes of apollo 13. the first nasa and mission to orbit -- nasa mission to our redeeming. -- orbit the moon. ♪ [holiday music playing] ♪ president johnson: for the sixth and last time, i have come to light this christmas tree in the nation's capital. my prayer now, as it has been in each of these other decembers, is for peace and reconciliation abroad, justice and tranquility at home. ♪ ["the wizard of oz" being sung] ♪ >> for this time will be the last time that i have had the privilege of inviting the youngsters of washington for christmas. it is a special joy to have one of my own children to celebrate the great coming of santa along with you. ♪ narrator: december 1968, the final full month of the presidency of lyndon j

state-of-the-union address and witnesses the inauguration of richard nixon. the film also covers the first lady including a speech on her and beautification efforts. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [background noises] [hammering] ♪ [drill sounds] ♪ a lot of people have been asking us what we're going to do spare time. i tell you what i'm going to do. ranch ng down to the monday afternoon and i'm going to sit on that front porch in a about 10 air for minutes. [laughter] read a hen i'm going to little and write a little, and hen i'm going to put on my hat find walter.d [laughter] me the other day that the press had had a few complaints about the treatment received during this administration. fine time to be telling me now. you managers it sooner? some complaints of my own. i should have mentioned them to you. misquoted. i remember that peter herd remember that? i never said it was ugly. [laughter] thought it was a pretty g

meeting, delivers state-of-the-union address and witnesses the inauguration of richard nixon. the film also covers the first lady including a speech on her conservation and beautification efforts. [background noises] ♪ >> a lot of people have been asking us what we're going to do in our spare time. i tell you what i'm going to do. i'm going down to the ranch monday afternoon and i'm going to sit on that front porch in a rocking chair for about 10 minutes. [laughter] >> and then i'm going to read a little and write a little, and then i'm going to put on my hat and go out and find walter. [laughter] >> someone told me the other day that the press had had a few complaints about the treatment that you had received during this administration. this is a fine time to be telling me now. why didn't you mention it sooner? [laughter] i've got some complaints of my own. maybe i should have mentioned them to you. getting misquoted. i remember that peter herd painting, y'all remember that? i never said it was ugly. [laughter] johnson: actually, i thought it was a pretty good likeness. except for o

tapes, has profanity. expletive deleted. thank you, richard nixon. thank you for the tapes. into sources i used to job back the curtain of history and go beyond memoir accounts. an outline of what we will historiansplomatic know what back channel diplomacy is. at least until 2016. i will give examples of different back channels and recent history and ways they are used. talk about the sources, the nixon tapes are one of many illuminating sources that have come to light. describe why back channels continue to be relevant. i will compare 1968 to 2016 and take you to sites related to that. it should be interesting, maybe a little controversial. i hope to have a discussion after the lecture. you have learned about bottom line up front. i will give you the bottom line in the middle. i will describe the development of the kissinger debriefing channel, the focus of the book and zoom in and talk about the moscow summit, which was the achievement of the taunt. a reduction in attentions between the two superpowers. it takes place in may of 1972. it was one of the feathers and richard nixon

honored to have richard moss with us to speak about his book, "nixon's back channel to moscow." this reveals behind-the-scenes deliberations of nixon, his advisors and their soviet counterparts. his book draws on newly declassified documents as well as the nixon tapes and he has spent an enormous amount of time looking at the takes. hear some snippets tonight. this explores the central role of confidential diplomacy in shaping america's foreign policy during this time. the book received high praise from people well known to those of us in these circles. a professor at the university of isas-austin is a positive -- positive about it, and a friend and colleague of our speaker and an expert on the nixon tapes. we have high praise and people we respect. a book published by oxford university press talks about the book as drawing back curtain of history, shining light on high-stakes conversations that participants cryptically allude to only in their memoranda or their memoirs . tonight, you are getting a sneak peek behind the scenes. professionally, richard moss is an associate professor a

president richard nixon. the new york military affairs symposium hosted this event. it's an hour and 40 minutes. >> thank you. daddis is an associate director of history of the program on war in society in california. joined a gentleman after having served as chief of the american history department of history at the united states military academy at west point. colonel, he army served in both operations desert storm and iraqi freedom. history ofzed in the the vietnam war's and the cold war era. he is author of four books, including withdrawal, reassessing america's final , westin vietnam moreland's war, reassessing american strategy in vietnam, and north shore victory measuring u.s. army effectiveness and progress in the vietnam war. published several pieces commenting on affairs anduding the l.a. times national interest magazine. daddis. [applause] thank you, bob, for the kind introduction and most important, thank you for inviting me out here this evening and thank you for coming. what i thought i would do tonight is have a conversation about the president of the united states. th