Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When John Connally made those off-the-cuff remarks, he had already served notice upon his most recent employer, President Richard M. Nixon. The subsequent announcement of his decision to resign as Secretary of the Treasury sent tremors through Washington. In the 15 months that he has worked as the only Democrat in Nixon's Cabinet, Connally emerged as an extraordinarily powerful figure in Washington and abroad. Tall, immaculately tailored, silver-haired and handsome-a sort of Florentine prince from Texas -Connally left the negotiators for great nations awed by his skill as a bargainer. His execution...
Just an Office. Why did Connally resign? Speculation abounds. When Nixon first signed him on, in December of 1970, the former Texas Governor agreed to hold the job for one year. At the President's behest he said that he would stay on for an additional six months, through June. Connally, it seems, never had any intention of remaining at his post through the election. He said, "This is just a place to have an office," and scarcely hid his growing disdain for fiscal details. Nellie Connally recently whispered to a visiting Texan friend in a Washington reception line...
...shaken Tsiranana agreed to release the students (except for five who "died" in prison) and promised university reform. Then he placed Tananarive under military control. When the demonstrations persisted, he surrendered his powers to the army chief of staff, General Gabriel Ramanantsoa. But he did not resign, apparently hoping to retain his title and his palace...
...contended that the course would be particularly risky given the political atmosphere at home. Although Laird later came manfully, even belligerently, to the defense of the President's decision in public, he is frustrated and restive in his job. He wants out, though no one expects him to resign until after the end of Nixon's current term...
...must be replaced by a broader, but undetailed "government of national concord," while the U.S. continues to equate Thieu with the principle of elective government in South Viet Nam. So far Hanoi has shown no interest in the one concession on the Thieu government -Thieu's offer to resign one month before the holding of an election in which the National Liberation Front could help supervise the electoral machinery and also campaign for office. The Communists demand that creation of a broad-based government, including representatives of the N.L.F., precede any election...