Nixon's Presidency

The White House released this photo as an official picture of President Nixon, Feb. 13, 1969. The photograph was made on Nixon's birthday, Jan. 9, by photographer Philippe Halsman.

Richard M. Nixon takes the oath as President of the United States on the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 1969. Justice Earl Warren administers the oath.

President Nixon dedicates his new administration to the cause of "peace among nations" as former President Lyndon Johnson, left, listens to the inaugural speech Jan. 20, 1969, in Washington. Seated at right is Vice President Spiro Agnew.

President Nixon works at his desk at the White House Feb. 16, 1969.

President Nixon plays the piano as first lady Pat Nixon, former President Harry Truman and his wife Bess look on, at the Truman Library in Independence, Mo., March 21, 1969. This is the piano Truman used to play in the White House and which was presented to him as a gift from Nixon.

This is a general view as President Nixon, left of center foreground, eulogizes former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, March 30, 1969, in the Capitol Rotunda. Families of the former chief executive and of Nixon stand behind the president. Members of the honor guard stand around the flag-draped casket.

President Nixon is surrounded by combat infantrymen of the U.S. First Infantry Division at their headquarters at Di An, 12 miles north of Saigon, July 30, 1969.

President Nixon waves to the crowd from his seat in the San Diego Stadium where he attended the Los Angeles Rams/San Diego Chargers football game on Aug. 30, 1969. Seated with the president is Lt. Col. Vernon Coffey, military aide to President Nixon, and the president's friend, Bebe Rebozo.

Bob Hope and President Richard Nixon trade quips during the comedian's visit to the White House on Sept. 20, 1969.

President Nixon flashes an "OK" sign as he and first lady Pat Nixon leave the Rose Garden ceremony that saw their daughter Tricia marry Edward Finch Cox June 12, 1971. In the background are the parents of the groom, Mr. and Mrs. Howard E. Cox.

President Nixon and his top advisers spent a rainy morning inside, Dec. 3, 1971, at his Key Biscayne home working on his fiscal budget. From left are: John Ehrlichman, chief domestic adviser; George Shultz, director of the Office of Management and Budget; President Nixon and Casper Weinberger, budget director and chief deputy of Shultz.

President Nixon and Premier Chou En-Lai meet in Peking, Feb. 21, 1972, for the start of talks after Nixon flew from Guam and Shanghai. At left is U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers.

President Nixon stands at The Great Wall of China, which snakes over the mountain behind him, near Beijing, China, Feb. 24, 1972. Nixon and his party toured the wall before resuming talks with Communist Chinese leaders.

Hands in pockets, President Nixon strolls across a bridge in a typical Chinese setting at Hangchow, Feb. 26, 1972, with Chou En-lai and wife Pat Nixon in center, rear.

President Nixon delivers his inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1973, saying the world stands on the threshold of a new era of peace.

President Nixon and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev look over each other's signatures after they signed the compact pledging their countries to reach agreement in 1974 to permanently limit their offensive nuclear arsenals. They signed the document in the White House East Room, June 21, 1973.

President Nixon is shown having trouble working a yo-yo which was given to him by country singer Roy Acuff, March 17, 1974, during his visit to a performance of the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tenn.

Presidents Anwar Sadat and Richard Nixon shake hands for photographers as they pose in front of the pyramids at Giza, near Cairo, June 14, 1974.

President Richard M. Nixon, center, is shown June 18, 1974, as he delivers an address during a dinner given in his honor at Amman's Basman Palace by Jordan's King Hussein, shown at Nixon's left. At Nixon's right is King Hussein's wife and Mrs. Nixon, far right.

President Nixon checks his watch while shaking hands as he heads to the Royal Palace in Brussels for a luncheon with Belgium's King Baudouin, June 26, 1974.