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Learn about the life and career of Howard Baker, a moderate Republican senator from Tennessee who served as White House Chief of Staff and ambassador to Japan. He was involved in the Watergate scandal, the Clean Air Act, and the presidential nomination of 1980.
Jun 26, 2014 · Howard Baker, who accomplished much in his years in Washington, may be best remembered for a single question he asked as a senator during the Watergate investigation.
Jun 26, 2014 · Howard Baker was a moderate Republican senator who led the Senate Watergate committee and asked the famous question that exposed Nixon's cover-up. He also served as Reagan's chief of staff and ambassador to Japan.
Jun 26, 2014 · Former U.S. Sen. Howard Baker, a one-time towering political figure in Washington who also served presidents and famously asked during the Watergate scandal what Richard Nixon knew and “when...
Jun 26, 2014 · WASHINGTON (AP) — Howard Baker’s question sliced to the core of Watergate: “What did the president know and when did he know it?” Repeated over and again in the senator’s mild Tennessee drawl, those words guided Americans through the tangle of Watergate characters and charges playing daily on TV to focus squarely on Richard Nixon and ...
Jun 26, 2014 · But that was Howard Baker, the "great conciliator" who listened to others and got things done in Washington.
Jun 26, 2014 · A vaunted Capitol Hill dealmaker has died. Howard Baker was 88. He served as Senate Majority Leader and White House Chief of Staff, and he helped negotiate deals on everything from the Panama ...
