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Before Tower could slip through the Senate confirmation process by relying on senatorial courtesy from his former colleagues, Senator Sam Nunn (D.-Ga) and the other Democrats on the Armed Services Committee showed they weren't too pleased with the nominee Bush had offered them. To the dismay of the nine Republicans on the committee who voted for Tower, all 11 Democrats voted against the former senator...
...NUNN'S leadership of the committee was both laudable and courageous, as well as desperately needed. Though many leading Republicans claimed the committee was unfairly prolonging Tower's confirmation based on unsubstantiated rumors of drinking and womanizing, Nunn's lengthy delay was warranted and reflected well on the strengths of the Senate as a deliberative body...
...Nunn and the Democrats deserve credit for keeping the debate free of partisan considerations. Nunn did not publicly pass judgment on Tower before he knew all the facts. As a senator should, he weighed the evidence carefully and came to a thoughtful decision...
...Tower should withdraw his own name from nomination and do a favor for both the President and the country. If Tower fails to do so, Nunn and his colleagues should make that decision for him when the full Senate debates the nomination this week...
Chair Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) accused the White House of leaking information from the FBI report on Tower and threatened to reopen the hearings on the nomination and subpoena anonymous witnesses quoted in the agency review...