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Convention Speeches of Political Spouses

Ann Romney is scheduled to address the Republican National Convention tonight, and her speech is expected to make big headlines. Interestingly, the tradition of political spouses — or, in some cases, the First Ladies — speaking at party conventions was...

8.21.1960 – RN on Communism

RN wrote the little known The Meaning of Communism to Americans on August 21, 1960, flatly contending that Americans needed to better understand the socialist and communist philosophies in order to overcome them ideologically. At the time the Cold War was raging and...

8.20.1970 – RN Visits Mexico

Forty-two years ago today, RN visited Mexico for an official state visit. Arriving in Puerto Vallarta, it was his first state visit to a Latin American country and he noted the occasion in a personal way: Mr. President, as I’m sure you know, it is for Mrs. Nixon...