Word: ziegler
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Pressure rose from congressional Republicans for a far faster and fuller disclosure of all the Watergate facts. There is dismay among some of them that Nixon seems to be withdrawing into an ever-tighter circle of advisers, mainly Haig and Ziegler. Melvin Laird, popular on Capitol Hill, said that he will leave Nixon's staff as soon as Gerald Ford is confirmed as Vice President; Ford will assume Laird's advisory duties. Veteran politicians consider both Haig and Ziegler too inexperienced to handle what they see as essentially a political crisis for the President...
...admitted that he was surprised to learn that Miss Woods had nine original tapes in her possession as late as Monday of last week?despite agreement that only recently made copies of the tapes should be played so as to prevent harm to the originals. Press Secretary Ronald Ziegler undercut Buzhardt with faint praise, saying: "I don't want to express criticism, publicly, of any person. He has been working very hard. We've made some mistakes during this period...
Some of the Watergate myths have already been dispelled. For example, no amount of invective or evasion from Ron Ziegler could continue to sustain the claim that Watergate was a "caper" pulled off by seven crazies out on tout who just happened to be employees of the CREEP. That myth is now as "inoperative" as Mr. Ziegler. Yet most of the Watergate mythology remains and much of it is widely believed...
...Stone used to box off conflicting quotations or incidental insights for ironic illustrative effect in the news letter, and Bruck does something similar here. He shows Stone making a general point about the dangers of newsmen getting chummy with their sources, then cuts away to a scene of Ron Ziegler playing tennis with an ABC correspondent, while Tricia Nixon looks on. He shows Stone elaborating on the general slipperiness of public officials, with their easy command of doubletalk, then brings the point home with a fast, funny clip from an old press conference by then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara...
Amid the new controversy, Nixon retreated ever more into isolation, restlessly retreating to Camp David, then abruptly departing for Key Biscayne. He left behind his usual traveling aides, Alexander Haig and Ronald Ziegler, and for the first time, the permanent standby pool of seven White House correspondents and photographers who are traditionally near the President at all times...