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My Sober Celebration With Nixon

In an excerpt from his new memoir, Nixon’s Commerce secretary shares the juicy details of an irritable president after his 1972 re-election—and how he fired everyone shortly thereafter.

Peter G. Peterson
Peter G. Peterson
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Peter G. Peterson

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