Nixon Library Corrects Record on Vasquez



Nixon Library Corrects Record on Vasquez

Nixon Library Corrects Record on Vasquez

His critic was appointed by LBJ, not RN
November 20, 2001

The Orange County Register today published a letter to the editor from John H. Taylor, Nixon Foundation executive director, complaining about an article that left readers with the impression that former county supervisor Gaddi Vasquez -- President Bush's appointee for Director of the Peace Corps -- had been severely criticized by President Nixon's Peace Corps director.

Republican Vasquez, a former Orange County supervisor, was an early and enthusiastic supporter of the Nixon Library.

Here's the text of Taylor's letter:

Wrong man in the job

Dena Bunis' article, "Vasquez defends role in O.C. bankruptcy" [Nation & World, Nov. 15], leaves readers with the erroneous impression that Jack Hood Vaughn, who strongly criticized Republican Gaddi Vasquez during Vasquez's hearings to be Peace Corps director, was President Nixon's choice for that job.

In fact, Vaughn was appointed in 1966 by President Johnson and left the post early in the Nixon administration. President Nixon's choice for Peace Corps director was Joe Blatchford.

John H. Taylor
Yorba Linda

When this story was posted in October 2004, this was on the front page of PCOL:

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