Word: towers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--A Democratic senator said yesterday he had seen Defense Secretary-designate John Tower "under the influence of alcohol" in the Senate, while another Democrat became the second to support the embattled Tower's confirmation...
Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.) commented just hours after President Bush insisted that "not one" senator had first-hand evidence that Tower had a drinking problem...
...hours later, Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) pledged to support Tower...
...John Tower the same fairness and careful judgment he used 22 years ago," Dodd said, referring to Tower's 1967 defense of Tom Dodd, then a senator and the father of the current senator. The elder Dodd was censured by the Senate for improper use of campaign funds...
COVER: The Senate Armed Services Committee rebuffs John Tower...