Word: nixon
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...Nixon, who was in the White House when the U.S. successfully negotiated the 1972 SALT I antiballistic missile treaty, "has said some reasonable things" on the subject of nuclear policy, argues Cuomo. The Governor thinks that Nixon "would probably have the respect of the Republicans, and he would probably have the respect of the Russians." Would Nixon, 74, be interested in the arduous job? His aides wouldn...
...partly because he could not put together a powerful team. On the other hand, he is well qualified to advise Reagan on how to cope with congressional investigations into a White House scandal. As a member of the Senate Watergate committee in 1973, Baker coined the question about Richard Nixon that came to dominate that probe: "What did the President know and when did he know...
...grand jury to indict Deaver on four counts of perjury stemming from his testimony before a House subcommittee and grand jury last year. As a courtesy, Seymour telephoned Deaver's attorneys on Tuesday to inform them of the impending indictments. But Deaver's lawyers, led by former Nixon Attorney Herbert ("Jack") Miller, beat Seymour to the courthouse the following morning. After hearing their arguments, U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued an order blocking any indictments until the constitutional issues have been examined at a hearing in early March...
...passing the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, Congress sought to avoid a replay of 1973's Saturday Night Massacre, in which President Nixon had Watergate Prosecutor Archibald Cox fired. The act calls for the prosecutor to be appointed by a panel of three federal judges and not to be subject to presidential approval. But some legal observers argue that the provision has usurped powers that properly reside in the Executive Branch. "The special counsel is a distortion of the Constitution," says Washington Lawyer Ray Randolph. Philip Lacovara, counsel to the Watergate special prosecutor, agrees, partly because the position...
...circumstances were similar: the White House was embroiled in scandal and a presidency tottered on the brink of disaster. At the Senate Watergate Committee hearings during the summer of 1973, an earnest Republican lawmaker from Tennessee became famous when he framed the essential question concerning Richard Nixon: "What did the President know, and when did he know it?" The answer led to Nixon's downfall...