John Tower 1989: Senate Debates Defense Secretary – And Alcohol
During the first two weeks of March 1989, the U.S. Senate debated President George Bush's nominee for Defense Secretary, John Tower.
Among the Senators who spoke about former Senator Tower – one of his former colleagues -- Alaska Republican Ted Stevens …
"my mind went back again to some Senators I have known here in the Senate who have been impaired. I saved one Senator one day who almost fell in the path of a subway, he was so intoxicated. I have spent time in the steam room with Senators who were intoxicated. One of my great friends from the past, who is now deceased, the first day I was in…
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