Word: resignations
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...most explosive and embarrassing clash of his young Administration. Annoyed by what he saw as a challenge to his authority as the nation's chief foreign policy manager, Secretary of State Alexander Haig publicly questioned a decision by his boss and even hinted that he might resign after a scant two months in office. What riled Haig was Reagan's decision to put Vice President George Bush in charge of "crisis management," though precisely what that meant remained tantalizingly imprecise. Nevertheless Bush's appointment pitted Haig against the White House staff and imperiled, at least temporarily...
...House in 1960 and to the Senate two years later, retaining his seat until he was defeated in 1974 by Democrat Gary Hart. Dominick was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland the next year by President Ford, but served only seven months before multiple sclerosis forced him to resign...
...Attorney General William French Smith is determined to maintain Justice Department supervision of the CIA. Even top CIA figures have not endorsed the proposal. Vice Admiral Bobby Inman, the agency's deputy director, announced that if "repugnant changes" were made to existing limitations on the CIA, he would resign...
...president, Thomas H. Gordon '83, said yesterday he told Epps several weeks ago he planned to resign as an officer for "personal reasons," but later changed his mind...
Haig is widely credited with having persuaded Nixon in the end to resign. There are still charges that Haig defended Nixon altogether too zealously, but most of those who dealt with Haig then insist that he preserved his own integrity and balance. Says Leon Jaworski, the Watergate special prosecutor, of the many legal battles between them: "Haig never raised his voice. He was never ugly, and I said some things that could have made him hit the ceiling. He believed in Nixon [but in the end] felt he had been lied to; it hurt him" Nixon recommended that Gerald Ford...