 Patrick Buchanan is a leading political analyst, commentator, and former Director of Communications for the Reagan White House. In 1992, he challenged George Bush for the Republican nomination and almost upset the President in the New Hampshire primary. In 1996, he won the New Hampshire primary, and went on to finish second to Senator Bob Dole, having received three million Republican votes. A journalist by profession, Buchanan writes a syndicated column of political and social commentary. He also has been the co-host of Crossfire, a nightly interview program on the Cable News Network, and a panelist on the weekly news programs The McLaughlin Group and The Capital Gang. In 1993, he formed The American Cause foundation, which addresses both political and cultural issues. In 1965, Buchanan served as the executive assistant for the Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander, and Mitchell law offices in New York City. Additionally, Buchanan traveled with former Vice President Nixon throughout the campaigns of 1966 and 1968, and in 1967 he accompanied Nixon to Western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East in the immediate aftermath of the Six-Day War. In 1969, Buchanan was named Special Assistant to the President. This entailed writing speeches both for the President and Vice President, developing political strategy, publishing the President's Daily News Summary, and preparing the foreign and domestic briefing books for the presidential news conferences. Buchanan remained in this position throughout the Nixon Presidency. Buchanan was a member of the 15-person official delegations to the People's Republic of China in 1972, and accompanied President Nixon to the final summit in Moscow, Yalta, and Minsk in the summer of 1974. In addition to his syndicated column, Buchanan has authored four books: The New Majority; Conservative Votes, Liberal Victories; Right From The Beginning; and The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy. He also has written for over two decades for the Nation, Rolling Stone, National Review, Conservative Digest, Skeptic, and American Spectator.
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