Word: towers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Obviously things have moved very quickly in the last 24 hours," Cheney said in referring to Bush's swift, overnight search for a replacement candidate for Tower. "I did agonize. It was not an easy decision...
...Tower's nomination was killed on Thursday on a near party line vote of 53-47 in the Democratic-controlled Senate. He was defeated by concerns over his drinking habits, his relationships with women and his work as a paid defense industry consultant after leaving government service...
Bush repeated his earlier accusations that Tower had been unfairly treated during his losing campaign for confirmation, but expressed an eagerness not to dwell on the rejection. He said Democratic leaders in the Senate "had given their word" that they were willing to cooperate with the new administration...
...even as Bush reached out, Vice President Dan Quayle turned up the heat and accused Senate Democrats of engaging in "a McCarthyite mudslinging campaign" against Tower and waging an "assault on the powers of the presidency...
Bush thus moved to put the Tower defeat him swiftly--and if the speed was a surprise, so was the selection...