... Vietnam. Nixon's promise of "peace with honor- was not fulfilled and the United States continued to invade Asian countries well into the second half of 1972. Secret peace meetings between Henry A. Kissinger, and the North Vietnamese delegate Le Duc Tho, began in the second half of 1972. The peace talks started looking promising when a breakthrough was achieved when the Communist side ... up with him. Everyone felt betrayed the American people and even Nixon's government. Nixon resigned from office on August 9, the first U.S. president to do so. A month later his successor, Gerald Ford, ...

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