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Senate rejects John Tower for Secretary of Defense

The U.S. Senate voted to reject President George H. W. Bush's nominee John Tower for Secretary of Defense after hearings that raised concerns about his personal conduct and business ties.

Senate rejects John Tower for Secretary of Defense

The rejection was a rare, high-profile rebuke of a Cabinet nominee that constituted an early political setback for the Bush administration and forced it to identify an alternative nominee.

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