Nixon White House Tapes: January 1973 PODCAST MP3

The Nixon Presidential Library has opened approximately 154 hours of tape recordings from the Nixon White House recorded in January and February 1973 and consisting of approximately 994 conversations. The conversations cover topics such as the conclusion of a peace settlement between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the return of American POWs, President Nixon’s second inauguration, the U.S. and Europe, the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision, energy policy, the reorganization of the executive branch, the creation of a “New Majority” for a reinvigorated Republican Party, and the first Watergate trial.

Candid photo of President Nixon at his desk in the Oval Office. Date: June 23, 1972, Roll-Frame number: WHPO C9461(18)

This release comprises conversations involving the President and a variety of participants primarily in January 1973. The most frequent participants are White House staff members H. R. Haldeman, Henry A. Kissinger, Charles W. Colson, Ronald L. Ziegler, John D. Ehrlichman, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Stephen B. Bull, and Richard T. Kennedy.

Others include members of the Cabinet, foreign dignitaries, members of Congress, the President’s friends and family, journalists, celebrities, and members of the White House staff and federal agencies.

While the conversations document the entire scope of issues in which the Nixon White House engaged in early 1973, these conversations particularly concern the peace settlement ending United States involvement in the Vietnam War and the return of American prisoners of war from Southeast Asia. Other major topics include visits from foreign dignitaries for former President Harry S. Truman’s memorial services, maintaining US access to oil produced in the Middle East in the face of tighter controls by the Organization for Oil Producing Countries (OPEC), and the Supreme Court’s decision on abortion rights in Roe v. Wade.

Tape Number	Location	Tape Subject Log	Conversations
36	White House Telephone	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
43	White House Telephone	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
112	Cabinet Room	PDF	not yet online
113	Cabinet Room	PDF	not yet online
160	Camp David Study Table	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
239	Camp David Hard Wire	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
240	Camp David Hard Wire	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
393	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
394	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
395	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
396	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
397	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
398	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
399	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
400	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
401	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
402	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
403	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
404	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
405	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
406	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
407	Old Executive Office Building	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
829	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
830	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
831	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
832	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
833	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
834	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
835	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
836	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
837	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
838	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
839	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
841	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
842	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
843	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
844	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio
845	Oval Office	PDF	Conversation List/Audio

The opening also consists of approximately 10.5 cubic feet of previously restricted materials from the White House Special Files, Staff Member and Office Files; the National Security Files; and the Henry A. Kissinger Files, and 12,000 newly released pages from the White House Central Files, Staff Member and Office Files of Kenneth Cole.

The Nixon Library has scanned and posted 41 documents that represent the variety of subjects and wealth of historical information included in the new textual release.The release includes significant material on the formulation of the Nixon administration’s foreign and domestic policy, covering subjects such as the environment, Title IX, Detente, US-Israeli relations, the standoff at Wounded Knee, the invasion of Cambodia, the so-called Plumbers unit, the Saturday Night Massacre, the geo-political consequences of the opening to China, and the investigation of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. View representative documents from the textual collections.

President Barack Obama Weekly Address 06/27/09 PODCAST VIDEO TEXT

Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address Saturday, June 27, 2009 Washington, DC PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLE Download MP3 4.25 mb

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a historic piece of legislation that will open the door to a clean energy economy and a better future for America.

For more than three decades, we have talked about our dependence on foreign oil. And for more than three decades, we have seen that dependence grow. We have seen our reliance on fossil fuels jeopardize our national security. We have seen it pollute the air we breathe and endanger our planet. And most of all, we have seen other countries realize a critical truth: the nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy.

Now is the time for the United States of America to realize this too. Now is the time for us to lead.

The energy bill that passed the House will finally create a set of incentives that will spark a clean energy transformation in our economy. It will spur the development of low carbon sources of energy – everything from wind, solar, and geothermal power to safer nuclear energy and cleaner coal. It will spur new energy savings, like the efficient windows and other materials that reduce heating costs in the winter and cooling costs in the summer. And most importantly, it will make possible the creation of millions of new jobs.

Make no mistake: this is a jobs bill. We’re already seeing why this is true in the clean energy investments we’re making through the Recovery Act. In California, 3000 people will be employed to build a new solar plant that will create 1000 permanent jobs. In Michigan, investment in wind turbines and wind technology is expected to create over 2,600 jobs. In Florida, three new solar projects are expected to employ 1400 people.

The list goes on and on, but the point is this: this legislation will finally make clean energy the profitable kind of energy. That will lead to the creation of new businesses and entire new industries. And that will lead to American jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced. I have often talked about the need to build a new foundation for economic growth so that we do not return to the endless cycle of bubble and bust that led us to this recession. Clean energy and the jobs it creates will be absolutely critical to this new foundation.

This legislation has also been written carefully to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions. It provides assistance to businesses and families as they make the gradual transition to clean energy technologies. It gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to participate in climate solutions and generate new income. And above all, it will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day.

Because this legislation is so balanced and sensible, it has already attracted a remarkable coalition of consumer and environmental groups; labor and business leaders; Democrats and Republicans. And I want to thank every Member of Congress who put politics aside to support this bill on Friday.

Now my call to every Senator, as well as to every American, is this: We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don’t believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth. It’s just not true.

We have been talking about energy for decades. But there is no longer a disagreement over whether our dependence on foreign oil is endangering our security. It is. There is no longer a debate about whether carbon pollution is placing our planet in jeopardy. It’s happening. And there is no longer a question about whether the jobs and industries of the 21st century will be centered around clean, renewable energy. The question is, which country will create these jobs and these industries? I want that answer to be the United States of America. And I believe that the American people and the men and women they sent to Congress share that view. So I want to congratulate the House for passing this bill, and I want to urge the Senate to take this opportunity to come together and meet our obligations – to our constituents, to our children, to God’s creation, and to future generations.

Thanks for listening.