Word: coxes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Archibald Cox (on being fired...
...Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox held a televised news conference to object to this Nixon "compromise" on the tapes and to declare that he would ask the courts either to cite Nixon for contempt or to clarify why the President's out-of-court offer was unacceptable...
After his comments on the Middle East, Nixon turned to his "efforts to get a cease-fire on the domestic front" and defended his firing of Cox, his ability to rule and the handling of campaign funds by his friend, C.G. "Bebe" Rebozo...
Nixon said he can legally fire an executive branch employee such as Cox at any time. In reference to court rulings on disclosure of the Watergate-related White House tapes the President said he is "in compliance with...
Nixon said he had no choice but to dismiss Cox after the special prosecutor rejected Nixon's compromise, which would have allowed Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.) to hear the tapes and authenticate a White House summary of their contents...