Word: nixon
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After spending the last year of his tour of duty stationed in Washington, in 1971 he took a job in the Nixon administration...
...wound up almost by serendipity working for the Nixon administration as assistant to head of the speechwriting shop...
...after a series of personnel changes at the White House, Gergen found himself promoted to head the speechwriting department, a post he held until Nixon's resignation in August...
...during this period that Gergen was nicknamed "the Sieve" for his willingness to leak details to the press. Gergen later acknowledged that he was a source for the account written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein of the days preceding Nixon's resignation...
Since the end of the Nixon administration, numerous politicians have sought Gergen's advice...