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Meselson left his mark on weapons of mass destruction by contributing to President Richard Nixon??s biological weapons policy, an opportunity he came upon through a Harvard connection...
Henry A. Kissinger ’50 had worked in Harvard’s Government Department before becoming Nixon??s Secretary of State, and Meselson said the two had been “very close.” After he became Secretary of State, Kissinger asked Meselson to write several papers on the effects of biological weapons, which led soon after to a 1969 ban that ended the U.S. biological weapons program...
Ironically, Meselson’s name was later found on one of Nixon??s “enemy” lists...
...1970s, Stein worked as a speechwriter and lawyer for the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. (He is described as “crying uncontrollably” on Nixon??s last day in office in Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s book The Final Days.) After leaving the White House, he shifted his focus to writing; Stein has published novels, penned screenplays and worked extensively in opinion journalism. As a conservative political pundit, Stein has written for many major publications, including as an editorial writer for The Wall Street Journal...
...successor, Leon Jaworski. The content of the tapes and the full results of Cox’s investigation were so damaging that Nixon stepped down as president on Aug. 8, 1974, becoming the only American president to resign from office. Cox was immediately embraced as a hero by Nixon??s foes...