Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nixon's perplexed and frustrated strategists hit on no new grand strategy for fighting impeachment in the House. Publicly, White House aides refused to discuss the subject. Said Warren: "Our strategy will become clear as events unfold in maybe five days, ten days or 20 days." Added Communications Director Ken W. Clawson: "Did Eisenhower tell the Germans when he was going to invade Normandy?" Privately, aides planned a soft-sell campaign to discredit the charges by contending that they are too flimsy and general to be considered grounds for impeachment-the same arguments voiced by Nixon supporters...
Knuckle Rap. House leaders of both parties met to discuss procedures for the impeachment debate and vote, and Judiciary Committee Chairman Peter W. Rodino Jr. huddled with Majority Leader Thomas P. ("Tip") O'Neill Jr. on the committee's final report, due next week. The leaders agreed to open the proceedings with 55 hours of general debate, with Judiciary Committee members limited to 15 minutes and all other Representatives to five minutes. That discussion will be followed by 21 hours of debate on motions on the articles. The Representatives will be allowed to propose amendments to eliminate...
...would say another thing--Bud Brown [unintelligible] did you read it? [Unintelligible] candidates. I don't know who all you discussed that with. Maybe it's not been handled at a high enough level. Who did you discuss that with? [Unintelligible...
...Suez Canal. No sooner had the agreements been reached than they began to pay off. Representatives of Marriott Corp. arrived to plan a 700-room hotel that Marriott will operate for the Egyptians, and this week Charles J. Pilliod Jr., chairman of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., is scheduled to discuss a tire plant...
...that Dean was unable or unwilling to carry out his inquiry. Ehrlichman testified before the Senate Watergate committee that the orders came at a noon meeting on March 30. But a White House transcript for that meeting shows that, in the words of the committee report, "the only subject discussed was a statement to be issued by Ziegler at a press briefing." The President, Ehrlichman and Ziegler did discuss the possibility of going up before the grand jury but only as a public relations device...