Word: chariman
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Durenberger, who recently finished up a two-year term as chariman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, drew the attention of the Ethics Committee for disclosing that the United States spied on Israel. The covert operation against Israel's intelligence service violated an agreement prohibiting certain types of espionage by both sides. While Durenberger does not argue that America's violation justified Israel's decision to run Pollard undercover in Washington, the senator does say that it should dampen this nation's outrage at its ally's offense...
...Chariman of the Ec Department A. Michael Spence becomes dean of the Faculty in July, and he is not planning to teach any courses in the near future...
Dole has not only recovered from that 1976 loss, his first ever at the polls, but from his public defense of Nixon during the Watergate period. Nixon had named Dole Chariman of the Republican National Committee in 1971 and, luckily for Dole, bypassed him to give the Committee for the Re-Election of the President the chore of running his 1972 campaign. When C.R.P. became deeply involved in Watergate, Dole played good soldier and defended Nixon publicly. "I was sort of a two-gun guy, and if anybody would toss anything in the air, I'd take a shot...