Word: nixon
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...Bush Administration has begun cribbing from a very different doctrine: Richard Nixon's. The Nixon Doctrine is the foreign policy equivalent of outsourcing. Nixon unveiled it in 1969 to a nation wearied by Vietnam. No longer would Americans man the front lines against global communism. In Vietnam, we would turn the fighting over to Saigon. In the Persian Gulf, we would build up Iran to check Soviet expansion. America would no longer be a global cop; it would be a global benefactor, quartermaster and coach--helping allies contain communism on their...
...original Nixon Doctrine didn't turn out that well either. When American troops left, South Vietnam crumbled. The Shah of Iran, America's bulwark against Soviet meddling in the Persian Gulf, used the threat of communist subversion to establish a dictatorship. A few years later, the ayatullahs were in power...
...House for 24 years. He arrived in 1949 as a surprise winner in his G.O.P. primary, who got to Congress largely because of his tenacious campaigning and charm. He was known as a congenial back-slapper and talented maneuverer among the House's often-vicious rivalries. When Nixon tapped him for the White House, the Vice Presidency came at the cost of giving up what Ford told colleagues was his true dream: Speaker of the House...
...Ford's minor claim on a presidential legacy came about in part because the skilled House gamesman was not prepared to manage expectations once he was elevated into the presidency. Observers assumed that he would tack hard to the side of openness and sunlight to escape Nixon's shadow. But he wound up relying on a coterie of insiders - Nixon's own shadows - from Henry Kissinger to the young Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, who had no less zeal for the imperial presidency than their predecessors under Nixon...
...years and seven months ago, Ford and his wife, Betty, sat in the same cathedral for the funeral of the next Republican to succeed him in the White House, Ronald Reagan. Now, the tributes were pouring out for Ford, who became President after Richard Nixon's resignation and served from...