George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History

Episode 123: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 23) OCTOBER 1973 (Part F) All at Once, The Dust Settles

July 14, 2022 Randal Wallace Season 6 Episode 123
George H.W. Bush 1990 - 1991 The Sweep of History
Episode 123: RICHARD NIXON and WATERGATE 1973 Enemies at the Gate (Part 23) OCTOBER 1973 (Part F) All at Once, The Dust Settles
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In this episode we bring this historic month to an end. The Israeli's agree to a ceasefire with Egypt and Syria at the behest of our government and negotiated by Henry Kissinger.  The ending of the war where it was, would eventually help lead to the Camp David Accords between  two of the three countries involved, that would come to fruition years later by President Jimmy Carter.  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat probably lost his life for his willingness to reach out for peace with Israel as well. 

The aftermath of the Saturday Night Massacre also weakened President Nixon's position and was the catalyst for the first real push to move toward impeachment against him.  In my opinion, one clear hero of the events emerged, Robert Bork the Solicitor General.  It would come at a price a decade later when Ted Kennedy mauled him and worked to steal his dream of becoming a Supreme Court Justice. No matter those events, Robert Bork would become and continue to be a hero to the conservatives of America and his mistreatment at the hands of Ted Kennedy was the single event that galvanized a movement that would eventually succeed in getting six conservative justices on today's Supreme Court. 

We end this show with a long segment that dealt with two of the historic events of October 1973 with the only real heroic figure to emerge from these events, Robert Bork. 

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Documentary segment on the Yom Kippur War covering the move to a ceasefire
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Documentary segment on the Yom Kippur War covering Henry Kissinger's attempt to help the Egyptian Army
President Richard Nixon answers questions at a press conference dealing with the Yom Kippur War
Documentary segment about the end of the war and the events that unfolded between Israel and Egypt and in an entirely different result with its relationship with Syria
Richard Nixon & Yom Kippur War documentary segment
Frost-Nixon interview segment on the Yom Kippur War
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Elliot Richardson addresses the Justice Department after his resignation in a ceremony there at the Justice Department office building
BBC Documentary segment with Alexander Haig and others after the Saturday Night Massacre and a look at the public reaction and Nixon's decision to obey the court order on the tapes
CBS News profiles Acting Attorney General Robert Bork
Host Randal Wallace discusses Robert Bork and how he was mistreated a decade later over his Supreme Court nomination and then introduces Robert Bork's oral history
Former Solicitor General Robert Bork's oral history conducted by historian Tim Naftali discussing both the Agnew resignation case and the Saturday Night Massacre and firing of Archibald Cox
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