One of his most famous diplomatic actions was actually performed a year earlier by Australian George Whitlan, and in 1947 he was named one of the "ten most outstanding young men in America."
One of his most famous diplomatic actions was actually performed a year earlier by Australian George Whitlan, and in 1947 he was named one of the "ten most outstanding young men in America." A 1958 incident where he was nearly killed by a Communist mob in Venezuela is described in his book Six Crises, and he defeated Helen Gahagan Douglas for Senate after dubbing her "the Pink Lady" and broke the stalemate of the Alger Hiss spy case by his dogged investigation of Whittaker Chambers. In one speech, he appealed to "the great silent majority" of Americans, and in another defended himself from allegations he accepted eighteen thousand dollars in illegal campaign contributions. FTP, name this 36th Vice President of the United States, who would later resign from a higher office due to incidents at a hotel in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood of DC.
One of his most famous diplomatic actions was actually performed a year earlier by Australian George Whitlan, and in 1947 he was named one of the "ten most outstanding young men in America."
Richard Milhaus {Nixon}