Advise and ConsentThe President of the United States nominates the controversial Robert A. Leffingwell to be Secretary of State, and as that startling news reverberates throughout Washington a powerful politician commits suicide, a Congressional Committee comes up with a surprise witness, there is a vote of censure by the Senate, and the cynicism and selfishness and altruism and loyalty and ambitions of America's public servants are revealed. |
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... Orrin Knox this time , it is the senior Senator from Utah . Brigham Anderson's voice , courteous and kind as always , is troubled and concerned , and Senator Knox can visualize exactly the worried look on his handsome young face . " Orrin ...
... Orrin Knox this time , it is the senior Senator from Utah . Brigham Anderson's voice , courteous and kind as always , is troubled and concerned , and Senator Knox can visualize exactly the worried look on his handsome young face . " Orrin ...
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... Orrin . Right smack dab to my face he called meβ β " I was there , " Orrin Knox said calmly . β It isn't good enough . You can't decide a Cabinet nomination , particularly State , on the basis of a personal feud . At least , the Senate ...
... Orrin . Right smack dab to my face he called meβ β " I was there , " Orrin Knox said calmly . β It isn't good enough . You can't decide a Cabinet nomination , particularly State , on the basis of a personal feud . At least , the Senate ...
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... Orrin Knox had not acted like Orrin Knox , if truth were known ; because there came a point , even with him , at which the imperatives of ambition gained triumph over the dictates of conscience , no matter how strong that conscience ...
... Orrin Knox had not acted like Orrin Knox , if truth were known ; because there came a point , even with him , at which the imperatives of ambition gained triumph over the dictates of conscience , no matter how strong that conscience ...
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