Word: towers
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...Tower distributed copies of the statement after reading it on the air. Dated Saturday, it was signed by Tower and witnessed by his doctor at Baylor University, Dr. Warren Lichliter, and Department of Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner...
...Tower also vowed that if he broke his pledge not to drink, he would step down...
Following the interview, Tower was asked whether it would be all right for reporters to follow him, as they did former presidential candidate Gary Hart, whose bid for the presidency was derailed by his liaison with a part-time model...
...first interview since the vote, Tower denied that he was an alcoholic and sought to allay fears among his former colleagues and remove the obstacles to his confirmation with his unusual promise...
...Noting the principal concern of Senator Nunn and other members of the Senate relative to my confirmation as Secretary of Defense, namely the extent to which I may engage in excessive use of beverage alcohol, let me state that I have never been an alcoholic nor dependent on alcohol," Tower said in a statement he read on ABC-TV's This Week With David Brinkley...