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Among those signing the letter were Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.), Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), and Claiborne Pell, (D-R.I.).
Sens. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.) and Claiborne Pell (D-R.I.) announced that they would oppose the Tower nomination, with Pell's decision a disappointment to the White House, which had worked to win over the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Meanwhile, the ranks of opposition Democrats continued to grow as Sen. Terry Sanford (D-N.C.), a Southern Democrat the administration hoped to see in its corner, said he would vote against the nomination. Sens. Alan Cranston (D-Calif) and Paul Sarbanes (D-Md.) also said they would oppose the...
The president held early morning meetings with Sens. John Breaux (D-La.), Bennett Johnson, (D-La.) and Dennis DeConcini, (D-Ariz).
Bush also scheduled individual meetings with Sen. John Warner, (R-Va.), the ranking GOP member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Sens. Charles Robb, (D-Va.); Lloyd Bentsen (D-Texas) and Bill Bradley (D-NJ.).