Richard M. Nixon became the 37th President of the United States yesterday with a “sacred commitment” to devote himself and his office to the cause of peace. The grocer’s son from the small ...

President Richard M. Nixon told Americans the war had ended, the Paris Peace Accords would be signed, and U.S. soldiers would come home.

The president had promised the nation peace ... D.C., showed signs of success. Subsequent presidents — Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter — largely followed the same drug policy as the Nixon ...