Word: towers
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...later, after Johnston announced his intentions, Dole admitted that "it would take a miracle" for Tower to win confirmation...
WASHINGTON--The Senate confirmation battle over Defense Secretary-designate John Tower neared a climax yesterday as Majority Leader George Mitchell proclaimed the nomination doomed and Republican leader Bob Dole conceded it would "take a miracle" to stave off defeat...
Lloyd Bentsen of Texas became the third Democrat to endorse Tower's confirmation, but his speech was followed by a declaration of opposition from Bennett Johnston of Louisiana, who had been lobbied hard by the Bush administration as a potential pro-Tower vote...
Mitchell said that despite the decision Monday of Southern Democrat Howell Heflin of Alabama to support Tower, the nomination will go down in defeat...
Meanwhile, Senate minority leader Robert Dole (R-Kan.) charged that Armed Services Committee Chair Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) has begun an unnecessary investigation of Tower. Nunn responded to Dole's complaints by explaining there were "three or four new allegations" about Tower and that Nunn had consulted with other Republicans before dispatching investigators...