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Signing of SALT I which limits arms manufactured in USSR and US
Positive relations with china -
The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970 and it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order.
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President Nixion's scandal which leads to his resignation
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Energy crises due to OPEC embargo-- does not solve
Failure of detente -
Energy Crisis- does not solve
Support for human rights
Camp David Accords: first step to peace in the middle east
Iran Hostage Crisis- 1979- Ayatollah stages a coup in Iran because Americans support the dethroned shah- hostages are not released until Regan is elected in 1881
