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Shortly after the public learned about China, the Soviets proposed an American-Soviet summit, a high level diplomatic meeting that was held in May 1972. President Nixon flew to Moscow for a week long summit, thus becoming the first American President since [[World War 2]] to visit the Soviet Union. The two superpowers signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, or SALT 1, a plan to limit nuclear arms that the two nations had been working on for years. Nixon and Soviet President [[Leonid Brezhnev]] also agreed to increase trade and exchange scientific information. President Nixon had made a significant mark on the world stage with major foreign policy triumphs.

Shortly after the public learned about China, the Soviets proposed an American-Soviet summit, a high level diplomatic meeting that was held in May 1972. President Nixon flew to Moscow for a week long summit, thus becoming the first American President since [[World War 2]] to visit the Soviet Union. The two superpowers signed the first Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, or SALT 1, a plan to limit nuclear arms that the two nations had been working on for years. Nixon and Soviet President [[Leonid Brezhnev]] also agreed to increase trade and exchange scientific information. President Nixon had made a significant mark on the world stage with major foreign policy triumphs.

=== Environmentalism and Socialism of Nixon ===

=== Expansion of government ===

Although Nixon was a member of the [[Republican Party]], he had many [[liberal]] positions. In his tenure he enacted the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]]. Nixon also fought "[[Global warming]]".<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2011/06/306893/</ref>

Although Nixon was a member of the [[Republican Party]], he had many [[liberal]] positions. In his tenure he enacted the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) and the [[Occupational Safety and Health Act]]. Nixon also fought "[[Global warming]]".<ref>http://www.wnd.com/2011/06/306893/</ref>