John Tower pledges to give up alcohol
- Title
- John Tower pledges to give up alcohol
- Genre
- Speech
- TX Date
- 27 Feb 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:15
- Description
- Television pledge by John Tower, promising to give up drinking alcohol if he gets the position of US Secretary of State for Defense. President George H. W. Bush would like to appoint him but the Senate Armed Services Committee is trying to block the appointment and has used his drinking as a reason.
- Contributors
- John Tower
- Keywords
- USA; Defence; Alcoholism; Alcohol abuse; Political appointments; Addiction
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