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...March 14, 1972. California Congressman Paul McCloskey, campaigning against Richard Nixon's policy of unrestricted air strikes in Indochina, has just captured 40% of the vote in New Hampshire's G.O.P. primary. Hardly has a celebration begun at McCloskey headquarters when a hush falls over the room: the President appears on nationwide television announcing a total cessation of the bombing and an early date for the withdrawal of all remaining U.S. troops in Viet...
...pursuit of this unlikely vision, Paul ("Pete") McCloskey, 43, has begun tilting at the windmills. Just returned from a fact-finding mission in Indochina, he starts this week as a guest on Face the Nation, then skims from an antiwar rally in Providence to the main protest event in Washington, D.C. He is also due to testify before a Senate subcommittee hearing on Indochinese refugees. A serious, tough-minded opponent of the war, he has flatly asserted that he is going to challenge Nixon in the primaries unless the President stops the bombing and accelerates the pace of withdrawal...
There is, of course, the McCarthy precedent for such a challenge. But unlike McCarthy, McCloskey is not necessarily seeking the presidency. "I would not expect to win. I have neither the background nor the training," he demurs. Nor is he much interested in precipitating a "dump Nixon" movement. More likely, he hopes that by a good showing in the New Hampshire primary, or even the threat of one, he can embarrass the President into ending...
...Congressional delegation consisting of Rep. Paul M. McCloskey (R-Calif.), Rep. Bella Abzug (D. N. Y.), and Rep. Thomas M. Rees (D-Calif.) met the marchers on the steps of the Capitol. Jan Crumb, president of the VVAW, read a list of 16 demands, including total withdrawal of troops, the end of appropriations for military operations in Indochina, amnesty for draft evaders who have refused induction or left the country, and appropriations for jobs and education for returning vets. Short speeches by McCloskey and Abzug followed...
Reps. Paul N. McCloskey (R-Calif.), Bella Abzug (D-N. Y.) and Donald Riegle (R-Mich.) will also speak. McCloskey, who has vowed to oppose President Nixon in the Republican presidential primaries on the war issue, returns Saturday from a trip to Vietnam and Laos...