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Library Throws Book at Nixon by Brian Calle Some controversy over the recently revised Watergate exhibit at the Nixon Presidential Library & Museum in Yorba Linda has provoked some questions over presidential libraries, their value, purpose for public consumption and their role in the remembrance of past presidents. One docent at the Nixon library, my Register colleague Will Alexander, opted to resign in protest of the new exhibit after 10 years of volunteer service. And friends and former colleagues of Richard Nixon have been critical of the museum's new director, Timothy Naftali. Some critics have even suggested that the...

The former head of Richard Nixon's presidential library questioned on Tuesday whether President Trump's relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and a possible trip to Moscow undermine American interests around the world. In an interview with CNN's "OutFront," Timothy Naftali questioned whether Trump would be boosting Putin's image and reputation by attending a Victory Day parade in Russia at his invitation, which Trump suggested in November he might do. "The question is whether our president is representing U.S. national interests or representing his own interests," Naftali said.