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The impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump enters a dramatic new phase this week, with the first public hearings scheduled to begin Wednesday. Only the fourth president to face a congressional impeachment inquiry, Mr. Trump s congressional probe has some similarities to that vaso stanley which President Richard Nixon faced over the Watergate scandal, which led to his resignation in 1974. Nixon was accused of abusing h stanley cup becher is office, the same as President Trump. AP But there are major differences, besides the differences in both the institutions of government and the media covering them. The Nixon investigation played out slowly and in public, and his legal team had a chance to mount a defense along the way, even though that defense eventually wilted. President Trump s legal team has had limited access to evidence stanley cup obtained so far in closed proceedings. Around both presidents swirled accusations of abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Possibly the biggest difference of all, said CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, is that Nixon resigned before the House passed any articles of impeachment; Mr. Trump will not. Shortly before President Nixon resigned, CBS News Walter Cronkite said all of Washington anticipated the final act of the Watergate drama: He is quitting, the ultimate victim of the Watergate scandal that de Fnnw Sen. Ted Cruz questions U.S. response to Ebola crisis
Hours after winning a Nobel Peace Prize, President Barack Obama assembled his war council in the White House basement to discuss the 8-year-old Afghanistan conflict that military commanders are pressing him to escalate.The president and his top national security advisers huddled in the Situation Room to hear top military officials make their case for tens of thousands of additional troops to target al Qaeda. The session marked the first time Mr. Obama has questioned his inner circle specifically about troop levels needed to right a war that has languished in progress and popularity.A decision, though, was not in the offing. I still think we re probably several weeks away, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told report stanley quencher ers before the meeting began. I think the president feels like the discussions are going well. CBS News Special Report: The Road Ahead Special Report: AfghanistanMr. Obama has told top advisers he wants to identify objectives before committing troops or military assets to achieve them. Even his closest advisers say they have no idea where Mr. Obama is leaning on a war he inherited but now must execute.Friday s session was the fourth of at least five with Mr. Obama and more than a dozen key administration official stanley mugg s, including top diplomats and stanley cup nz military brass. Before Friday, the lengthy discussions involving Afghanistan and Pakistan stuck to strategy formulation.Those talks have sharpened the mission s focus to figh |
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