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Former Nixon Aide Tells All in New Memoir on Eve of 50th Anniversary of Watergate Break-in

Dwight Chapin talks about his new book The President’s Man, The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide, including Nixon’s trips to China and the Soviet Union, his domestic accomplishments, a military spying ring in the White House, Vietnam and anti-war protests, and Watergate. Chapin has an interesting story to tell about Watergate based on new information and his perspective from inside the White House.

Robin A. Johnson is a governmental relations, public policy and political consultant. He is an expert on government reform issues and has consulted with numerous local governments on consolidation/merger, public-private partnerships and full-cost accounting of public services. Robin has also helped candidates win elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, state legislature, judiciary and local government. Robin served as a consultant to the Office of Statewide Performance Review in the Illinois Governor’s Office and is former director of the Illinois Center for Competitive Government, a partnership between the Illinois Comptroller’s Office and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Prior to that, he was Director of the Local Government Affairs Division of the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. Robin served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) in 1999-2000.