Word: mansfield
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question about perjury was the one that really got under his skin," said one aide. "It annoyed him to tears." The more he thought about it, the more he considered resigning. Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield advised him "to roll with the punches and do what the rest of us do with criticism: try to add another layer of skin." But before one had a chance to grow, Kissinger read the adverse newspaper editorials badgering him to come clean on the wiretaps. Within hours of his departure with Nixon for the Middle East, he sent a letter to the Senate...
...immediate reaction to his outburst was a surge of support for the hyperactive Secretary. A majority of the U.S. Senate co-sponsored a resolution expressing complete confidence in him. Top Democrats- Mansfield, House Speaker Carl Albert, House Majority Leader Thomas P. O'Neill-urged him not to step down. His resignation, said Thomas E. Morgan, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, would be "tragic." Senator Edmund Muskie declared that the Secretary has been a "brilliant servant, and his record deserves the support of his countrymen until there is a record to show the contrary...
...talks there are expected to focus mainly on SALT II-the stalled arms-limitation negotiations. The President last week had his hand strengthened for any bargaining on military matters when the Senate, adopting a position urged by Kissinger, rejected a proposal by Senator Mike Mansfield for the withdrawal of some American forces from Europe. The Administration maintains that the Soviets should pull back combat units from Eastern Europe if the U.S. reduces its strength hi West Germany...
...vacancy, Harvey C. Mansfield Jr., chairman of the Government Department, indicated in late April that Harvard will try to replace Shapiro with someone whose expertise is in the same field--the Supreme Court and the Constitution...
...Mansfield said that the position will remain vacant "indefinitely." "There is no pressure to hire a replacement now and I do not expect any change next year," he added...