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...Nunn raised the possibility of a closed Senate session at one point to air the numerous sensitive allegations against Tower, although he said he hoped to avoid one. He also raised the possibility of making the transcripts of closed committee sessions public, but no Republican followed...
...Nunn (D-Ga), Armed Services Committee chair, opened the debate, saying Tower's "record of alcohol abuse cannot be ignored...
...talking about the secretary of interior, we're talking about someone next to the president at the very top of the nuclear chain of command," Nunn said...
...committee voted 11-9 along party lines Thursday to recommend that the full Senate reject Tower's nomination, with Nunn citing allegations of excessive drinking by the nominee...
...Noting the principal concern of Senator Nunn and other members of the Senate relative to my confirmation as Secretary of Defense, namely the extent to which I may engage in excessive use of beverage alcohol, let me state that I have never been an alcoholic nor dependent on alcohol," Tower said in a statement he read on ABC-TV's This Week With David Brinkley...