Word: hughe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Striding with a fixed smile into a solemn gathering of newsmen, Nixon confronted television cameras and declared that he had been the victim of reporting that he assailed variously as "outrageous, vicious, distorted, frantic and hysterical" (see Hugh Sidey on the press conference, page 23). Perspiring and barely containing his anger at times, Nixon insisted that "the tougher it gets, the cooler I get." The recent scandal-inspired shocks that have so jolted the nation "will not affect me and my doing my job," he said. He had been through so much controversy ("it has been my lot") that "when...
...international tensions eased, Nixon was forced back on the domestic griddle. Some of Nixon's most ardent defenders in the Congress, including Congressman Ford, Senator Hugh Scott and Watergate Committee Member Edward Gurney, warned Nixon that he must appoint a new independent prosecutor; if not, Congress assuredly would...
...President's many critics on Capitol Hill were not in the least persuaded by Nixon's press conference, and the Congress seemed determined to approve its own proposals for a special prosecutor totally beyond the reach of the White House. Even Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott was less than enthusiastic. Said he: "I am glad the President has agreed to name a special prosecutor. It should be done under such arrangement as to assure his total independence." Declared Republican Senator Edward Brooke: "The American people are entitled to and expect the facts. They...
...Republican members of Congress are pressuring President Nixon to assure them that any indictments former Special Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox '34 was ready to issue will be returned this week by Henry E. Petersen, assistant attorney general now in charge of the investigation, sources close to Senate Majority Leader Hugh Scott (R-Pa.) said Friday...
...highly trained professional military force of 500,000-600,000 capable of handling the sophisticated weapons for national defense, and an annual military budget of between $25-30 billion will provide this nation with all the security possible through military means. Hugh B. Hester Brig. General U.S. Army...