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Campaigned to get the U.S. out of Veitnam
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Nixon ordered bombs to be dropped to stop the flow of goods to the Viet Cong. Seen as an escalation of the war.
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Sent 7,000 pages of Top Secret info to New York Times. Becomes Nixon's No. 1 enemy
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A group called the "plumbers" did the job. Set up by Nixon to stop leaks.
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5 men were arrested trying to plant bugs in the office of the Democratic Party. These men were part of the Comittee to Re Elect the President.
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AG John Mitchell denied involvement
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$25,000 check from reelection campagin was found in bank account of one of the burgulars
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Even after all the speculation, Nixon is still re-elected as President
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Aide Alexander Butterfield tells Senate that Nixon has recoreded every converstaion in Oval Office since '71. Prosecutor Archibald Cox requested the tapes.
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Nixon refuses to hand over tapes, saying he was "exceutive privelage"
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Nixon told AG Elliot Richardson to fire Archibald Cox to gtet him off the case. Richardson would not, so Nixon fired him.
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After former VP Agnew resigned, Nixon named Gerald Ford as the new VP
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Court ruled that Nixon's claim of "executive privelage" did not apply
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After realizing that impeachment or resignation were the only two options, Nixon resigned. Gerald Ford becomes President.
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