Word: proceeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...possibility of impeachment loomed more seriously, the fate of Ford's nomination as Vice President became more urgent. Rodino said that the Democratic majority on the House Judiciary Committee had decided to proceed with hearings on Ford simultaneously with its impeachment inquiry. While no timetable was set, the Democratic majority wants to cushion the impact of possible impeachment by keeping the White House in Republican hands and assuring the continuation of Nixon's general foreign and domestic policies. Ford's elevation also would avert a bitter partisan fight over succession; Speaker Albert has no longing for the presidency. The Senate...
...Last week's alert was what the Pentagon calls "Defcon 3" for Defense Condition Three, in which troops report to barracks for possible movement and stand by for action. Under Defcon 2 they would proceed to staging areas. In Defcon 1 they would be deployed and engaged...
...officers. Another station operated by Allende's Communist partners* in the Chilean Unidad Popular (Popular Unity) coalition went dead. Soon the only station left on the air in Santiago was one that identified itself as "the military government radio." Its first order: "The President of the republic must proceed immediately to hand over his high office...
...question the judgment of these individuals." Still, some of the Senators remained concerned about the whole distasteful business, and the committee asked the Justice Department to send up its secret report on the taps this week. Without the report, warned Fulbright, it would be difficult for the committee to proceed with the hearings...
...President. In addition, unless the President somehow attempts to intervene, it will be Richardson who must ultimately decide whether U.S. Attorney George Beall's Baltimore investigators have gathered enough evidence against Agnew to seek an indictment -and if so, whether the Government should proceed against a Vice President unless he has first been impeached and removed from office. Further, if Nixon or Agnew should try to influence either case, Richardson might well have to deal with conflicts unprecedented in U.S. judicial annals. Administration officials acknowledge privately that Richardson is viewed with some degree of disenchantment these days...