Episode 56 RICHARD NIXON The Man Who Saved the Union (Part 3) A Fire, The Court, and Cambodia

BOB DOLE : 1995 Clinton's Comeback · Nov 9, 2021 · 1h 26m

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This episode opens at the dawn of the environmental movement in America. It may come as a surprise to you that Richard Nixon is considered second only to Theodore Roosevelt as the greenest of all our Presidents. Several historians consider Nixon's environmental record his second biggest achievement.

Nixon's secret to success was pretty simple.

He found good people and then let them run the ball down the field. As they have often noted he had little interest in the issue, and was not an expert in it, so he found those who were experts in it and then he supported their efforts…