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Unfortunately, Elliot Richardson does not fill the bill. In the rapid shuffle of personnel in the Nixon administration, Richardson's brief appearance as Secretary of Defense has been forgotten. After all, he only headed Defense for a few months before he was transferred to Justice. What did he do in the Defense Department...
...Elliot L. Richardson '41 is an improbable hero. But in Nixon's Washington jungle almost anything passes for courage, and Richardson's resignation as Attorney General last week started the accolades rolling...
Most Cambodian farmers have never heard of Elliot Richardson. Their world view most likely extends no farther than the particular region of Cambodia in which they live. The occasional trip to Phnom Penh to market rice is like entering a different universe, beyond the pale of comprehension. Cambodians know nothing of the intricacies of American politics--their only contact with this country occurs when its bombers whine overhead...
Nixon wanted to get rid of Cox for reasons that are not too hard to imagine. And the only sacrifice he had to make for this little ploy was the loss of Elliot Richardson's decency at the Justice Department. Decency, however, is a commodity of little worth in the Nixon administration...
After receiving the association's "Award of Merit" at the Boston Statler-Hilton, Sirica met informally with reporters and praised Archibald Cox '34, former special Watergate prosecutor, and Elliot L. Richardson '41, former attorney general...