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How has the landscape changed?](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/watergate-redux-new-age-white-house-investigative-reporting) [![Ken Hughes talking]() The Chennault affair and the origins of Watergate Ken Hughes discusses his book on Nixon’s secret interference in Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 election.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/chasing-shadows-nixon-tapes-chennault-affair-and-origins-watergate) [![Tim Naftali speaking]() Watergate in Nixonland Nixon scholar Tim Naftali discusses how to talk about Watergate in a Nixonian environment.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/watergate-nixonland-challenge-presenting-public-history-presidential-ibrary) [![Richard Ben-Veniste at the lecturn]() The emperor’s new clothes: exposing presidential truths Richard Ben-Veniste, a Watergate investigator, discusses his new book on truth and the presidency.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/emperors-new-clothes-exposing-truth-watergate-911) ### Key Moments [![H.R. 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How has the landscape changed?](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/watergate-redux-new-age-white-house-investigative-reporting) [![Ken Hughes talking](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/ken-hughes-340x191.png?itok=WK9O-qBI) The Chennault affair and the origins of Watergate Ken Hughes discusses his book on Nixon’s secret interference in Vietnam peace talks during the 1968 election.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/chasing-shadows-nixon-tapes-chennault-affair-and-origins-watergate) [![Tim Naftali speaking](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/tim-naftali-talk-340x191.png?itok=S1T28TNj) Watergate in Nixonland Nixon scholar Tim Naftali discusses how to talk about Watergate in a Nixonian environment.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/watergate-nixonland-challenge-presenting-public-history-presidential-ibrary) [![Richard Ben-Veniste at the lecturn](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/richard-ben-veniste-340x191.png?itok=rzDJDoOD) The emperor’s new clothes: exposing presidential truths Richard Ben-Veniste, a Watergate investigator, discusses his new book on truth and the presidency.](https://millercenter.org/news-events/events/emperors-new-clothes-exposing-truth-watergate-911) ### Key Moments [![H.R. Haldeman mug shot](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/haldeman-mug-shot-340x191.png?itok=tQ6s63Cj) The smoking gun June 23, 1972: President Nixon and H. R. Haldeman agree to use the CIA to obstruct the FBI's Watergate investigation.](https://millercenter.org/listening-to-the-presidency/smoking-gun) [![John Dean in front of a mic reaching up to touch his glasses](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-03/08102014_john_dean.jpg?itok=hUf0sIgD) A cancer on the presidency March 23, 1973: White House counsel John Dean warns President Nixon that Watergate is metastasizing.](https://millercenter.org/listening-to-the-presidency/cancer-within-presidency) [![President Nixon holding paper](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/nixon-on-tv-340x191.png?itok=rys8oV9c) Nixon lies April 30: 1973: Richard Nixon's first Watergate speech includes a denial of his involvement in a cover-up.](https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/april-30-1973-address-nation-about-watergate-investigations) [![Barbara Jordan](https://millercenter.org/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_thumb_med_2x/public/2019-10/barbara-jordan-blue-340x191.png?itok=5B26bEbP) ‘My faith in the Constitution is whole’ July 25, 1974: Representative Barbara Jordan's striking remarks during the House Judiciary Committee hearings capture Watergate's meaning.](https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/impeachment/my-faith-constitution-whole-it-complete-it-total)
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