Word: oaths
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...large part of the staff's time has been consumed in identifying and screening potential witnesses. Although only 20 witnesses have appeared before the committee in the televised public hearings thus far, more than 100 others have been questioned informally or under oath behind closed doors, usually in an auditorium office or in Dash's or Thompson's office. The Senators rarely sit in on these preliminary sessions, either because of the press of other Senate business or because they know that a summary of what has been learned will be distributed to them later. Dash...
...waiting patiently in the wings to become King once Franco dies or retires, the new governmental setup offers a small additional degree of political authority. For the first time, he has the ceremonial right to approve new Cabinet members: Carrero Blanco's first act, after taking his oath of office, was to call on Juan Carlos at Zarzuela Palace and submit the list of new ministers. Predictably, there were no princely objections. The prince may now attend Cabinet meetings, another new prerogative. (In the past, he was briefed on discussions.) Most Spaniards who want change pin their hopes...
Constantine: Yes. I am head of state until the Greek people freely decide otherwise. The first government formed after the coup of April 21, 1967 [headed by Constantine Kollias, a civilian], swore its oath to me. So did Papadopoulos when he assumed the premiership in December 1967 and when he later became regent. But now he has proclaimed himself President with no legal basis whatsoever...
...Ervin's committee for publicizing hearsay, the Watergate grand jury for considering prejudicial evidence, and the newspapers (especially the New York Times and the Washington Post) for publishing leaks. It complained that much out of-court evidence, like that being offered by John Dean, was "not given under oath, not open to crossexamination" and is thus of a quality that "could hardly be less satisfactory. Yet on this evidence could well be based public conclusions which could destroy the President." While conceding the importance of the earlier investigative work by Washington reporters, the Times wondered how Congress...
...testimony of Hugh Sloan, the treasurer of the Committee to Re-Elect the President, had both these elements. Sloan's efforts (taking the oath, below right) was rewarded when Nixon took another oath--the Presidential oath of office--on Inauguration Day last January (below left.) Sloan, like most of Nixon's aides, looked pensive (bottom right) throughout the hearings. He was probably wondering where he, and Nixon, went wrong...