Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this was symbolized by President Nixon's second press conference, in which-using neither lectern nor notes-he held forth with a confidence that left no room for even his initial display of nervousness. He spoke mainly of foreign affairs, and opened by announcing that he will spend a week on a working tour of the capitals of Western Europe at the end of this month. Secretary of State William Rogers and Presidential Assistant Henry Kissinger will go along, though Nixon aims to meet tête-aà-tête with the heads of government in Belgium...
Candy from Congress. If the Nixon Administration is moving with short, measured steps to deal with its foreign problems, its tempo in domestic matters seems slower and less specified. During the week, Nixon let it be known that he would recommend overhaul-though not outright abolition-of the Electoral College system. He said that he favored tax reforms designed to meet mounting congressional clamor for closing some of the loopholes that allow many of the very rich to live entirely taxfree. He has been in close touch with Arkansas Democrat Wilbur Mills, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee...
...intellectuals with strange-sounding names and unorthodox notions who orbit the campuses, think tanks and Government. While renowned in those circles, Henry Alfred Kissinger is not exactly, as Spiro Agnew might have said, a household name. Though he has never been a diplomat, he knows more foreign leaders than many State Department careerists. A superficial reading of some of his works makes him seem like a hawk, but many intellectual doves regard him as Richard Nixon's most astute appointment. Bonn, London and Paris may disagree on a score of issues, but they are in happy unanimity in their respect...
...advised three Administrations before this one, and roundly criticized key policies of the Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson regimes. He has never held an important administrative job in Government but after only three weeks in his post, Kissinger has assembled a foreign-policy staff and structure in the White House basement that is already having a clear impact on the President's actions...
...fellow academics and journalists have scrutinized his every move. William Buckley wrote to him: "Not since Florence Nightingale has any public figure received such universal acclamation." Senator Jacob Javits commented that Kissinger's appointment could prove to be the most significant the President has made, because "it is in foreign policy that the Nixon Administration will make its mark...