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I was 10 years old in 1974 when my great-great-grandmother turned 100. Richard Nixon, then president, sent her a congratulatory letter with his signature at the bottom. She gave it to me because even then I was obsessed with the presidency.

I told everyone and their mother – literally – I had Nixon’s autograph. Yes, his name was mud by then, but he was still the president, and I had his autograph.

Not long after, Nixon became the first president in American history to resign, and I understood, even at 10, that I was watching something historic. For years, I kept a copy of the Pittsburgh Press with that stunning resignation headline. Since then I’ve read every Nixon book and watched every Watergate documentary. I saw the film and the play Frost/Nixon.

When I got to Capitol Hill in 1986, I sought out people who were there when it happened. I’m no credentialed historian, but I’m about as close to an unofficial expert as a guy can get.

I could write a book about Nixon and Watergate, but that subject has been beaten to death.

Now, 50+ years later, Raw Story