The US foreign policy during the presidency of Richard Nixon focused on reducing the dangers of the Cold War among the Soviet Union and China. President Richard Nixon's policy sought détente with both
Spiro Agnew (1918–1996)
Richard Helms (1913–2002)
Henry Kissinger (1923–2023)
William P. Rogers (1913–2001)
Melvin Robert Laird Jr. was an American politician, writer and statesman. A member of the Republican Party, he served a member of the United States House of Representatives from Wisconsin from 1953 to
Official portrait, c. 1969
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird with President Richard Nixon and General Alexander Haig and Secretary of State William P. Rogers and National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger at The Oval Office in The White House, Washington, D.C. January 4, 1973.
Secretary Laird (center) before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1970
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird with Air Force Chief of Staff General John D. Ryan and Secretary of The Air Force Robert C. Seamans at a ceremony in The Pentagon.