President Vows Tower Fight Private sessions produce no converts for nominee HOME Edition

"We're going to go to the mat," Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas vowed after meeting with [George Bush] last night, saying the GOP would insist on days of debate and even consider reopening public hearings in an attempt to clear Tower's name of allegations of drunkenne...

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Published inNewsday
Main Author By Myron S. Waldman and Susan Page. Newsday Washington
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Long Island, N.Y Newsday LLC 01.03.1989
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Summary:"We're going to go to the mat," Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas vowed after meeting with [George Bush] last night, saying the GOP would insist on days of debate and even consider reopening public hearings in an attempt to clear Tower's name of allegations of drunkenness and womanizing. Virginia Sen. John Warner, ranking Republican on the House Armed Services Committee, declared: "It's time the American people got involved in this case." Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), a lawmaker with a reputation for sobriety and fairness, was opposing Tower because he wouldn't be able to control him politically should he become secretary of defense. Dole said last night that "some of my colleagues agree" with that charge, though Warner demurred that it is "not a correct one." Sen. Dennis DeConcini (D-Ariz.), on the other hand, visited with the president and then said he was more favorably inclined to vote for Tower, though he stressed that he still hadn't made up his mind. Like [Larry Pressler], he said that he wished Tower would withdraw.