American journalist and politician Pat Buchanan.

Pat Buchanan

Born in Virginia, Pat Buchanan was educated at Georgetown University and the Colombia School of Journalism. In 1966 he took a position as an assistant and speechwriter to Richard Nixon, who was then preparing to make a second run for the presidency. When Nixon was elected in 1968, Buchanan became special assistant to the president, and was named special consultant to Nixon in 1972. Following Nixons resignation in 1974, he stayed on for a time in the Ford administration, before leaving in 1975 to write a syndicated newspaper column and to establish a career as a radio and television commentator. He interrupted his regular appearances on the political talk shows Crossfire (1982–2005) and The McLaughlin Group (1982present) to serve Ronald Reagan as White House communications director (1985–87), to pursue the Republican presidential nomination in 1992 and 1996, and to stand as the Reform Party presidential candidate in 2000.

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