Title: FWD: How Elvis and Nixon met . . . .
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Blog Entry: Ollie Atkins / The White House The President and the King: In 1970, just days before Christmas, Elvis Presley met with President Richard Nixon and requested he be given the credentials of a federal agent at large (Presley did receive an agent's badge of the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs). WASHINGTON — It's a famous picture: Elvis in a dark cape and gold necklace, shaking hands with a puffy-eyed President Richard Nixon at the White House. It's one of the biggest sellers at the National Archives gift shop — in snow globes, on coffee mugs and postcards. On Wednesday, two days before Elvis' 75th birthday today, the full story of how that iconic moment came to be was recounted by two men who were there and helped make it happen. Happy Birthday Elvis! Previous 1 of 37 Next Elvis and Priscilla Previous 1 of 10 Next Elvis in the Movies
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