Video: 'President Nixon's Farewell to the White House Staff'

(Friday, August 9, 1974, 9:30 a.m. EDT; during the Watergate scandal) — U.S. President Richard Nixon bade an emotional farewell to the remnants of his broken administration today in the East Room of the White House, urging its members to proud of their record in government and warning them against bitterness, self-pity and revenge (click here for clips of Aug. 9, 1974, from ‘The Presidents: Nixon’ at 0:55/6:03/9:23/2:42:17). .

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