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...Last week those charges arose at the next-to-last moment to haunt him yet again. The Armed Services Committee had scheduled a vote for Thursday that looked certain to be affirmative and to pave the way for confirmation by the full Senate. That morning, however, Committee Chairman Sam Nunn of Georgia and ranking Republican John Warner of Virginia agreed to put off the vote indefinitely. Their explanation: new allegations serious enough to demand a check...
...Nunn and Warner would not disclose the charges. But after Paul Weyrich, a former Senate staffer, became the first committee witness to talk publicly about Tower's alleged drinking and sexual escapades, the committee was inundated with calls reporting "sightings" of Tower either in a less than sober state or with women, both before and after the FBI conducted a supposedly thorough background check in January. (It was learned last week that the FBI actually completed only the first part of a three-part investigation before Bush sent Tower's name to the Senate.) Committee insiders say many callers were...
...doubt this resentment will have a harmful effect on the community: imagine someone participating in the big brother program not because he wants a little sibling, but because he needs the money. The Nunn plan will take the "volunteerness" out of community work, and the whole notion of "one thousand points of light" as the driving incentive becomes monetary. It would be a sad outcome if community work is associated only with those who have to work, those who are poor...
WHILE the many weaknesses of the Nunn plan lie in the implementation and application of a popular sentiment--giving something back to the community in return for one's financial aid--approval of the Nunn plan would represent a dramatic shift in the way we have viewed federal financial aid in the last 20 years...
Since the Civil Rights movement, financial aid has been granted based on need. Congress held the belief that no one should have limited access to higher education because of class. Under the Nunn plan, financial aid would be singularly granted to those who perform government-approved activities...