Has in fact either authorized the bake in or personal the cover up. We were persuaded beyond a convincing case that he should stand trial in the political sense of having to have a trial in the senate but nobody felt great about it. Most people get burdened. They didnt want to. We felt there was no alternative. We were the elected officials and had a duty to see whether the highest officer in the country had breached his duty. William cohen, 1974, a republican member of the House Judiciary Committee. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us on cspans 3 American History tonight. Tv 8 00 eastern time sunday evening we will continue our look at house judiciary committ committee. Our coverage of the 40th anniversary of water gate continues including debate over article two which charge nixon of abuse with power. You will also hear from the forrer director of the library and museum and explains how the committees vote affecting our understanding of president ial power today.
We felt there was no alternative. We were the elected officials and had a duty to see whether the highest officer in the country had breached his duty. William cohen, 1974, a republican member of the House Judiciary Committee. Thank you for being with us. Thank you for being with us on cspans 3 American History tonight. Tv 8 00 eastern time sunday evening we will continue our look at house judiciary committ committee. Our coverage of the 40th anniversary of water gate continues including debate over article two which charge nixon of abuse with power. You will also hear from the forrer director of the library and museum and explains how the committees vote affecting our understanding of president ial power today. American ht, water gate 40 years later. Saturday noon, a live call in program with author and judgist john feral on nixons life and water gate skapdal that ended his presidency. This weekend on cspan 3s American History tv. 40 years ago in july, the House Judiciary Committee be
translator: the honorable president of israel, shi monoparis, honorable former president and his wife, former first lady, mrs. hert sog, speaker of the knesset, reuven rivlin, members in the present and in the past, former speakers of the knesset, ombudsman and the legal counsel to the government, families, our soldiers, our missing soldiers, the heads of the religious religions, honorable ambassadors and the citizens of israel, my friends, the knesset return to the winter session while original events regional events that are the most dramatic in our generation, the arab strength has awakened, old regimes have fallen, and additional regimes are wavering, and new regimes are starting to rise. [speaking hebrew] translator: nobody can guarantee their quality or their stability of these new regimes. and nobody can guarantee their attitude toward israel. i must say this attitude was never great, and regretfully, it is not expected to improve. most of
we ve also responded and prevented attacks at a level with the iraqi security forces who lead in so many operations, who lead now in all operations, in ways that have actually been very, very encouraging. there doesn t mean there aren t challenges, but i see a country committed to standing up this government, having elected it, and the internal feedback i get from the country is, you know, a free and fair election, recertified one. they challenge themselves, and someone said the other day, which i thought was very encouraging, this wasn t a challenge from the outside of the country about a free and fair election, it was a challenge internally, and it was recertified as free and fair. so i m actually encouraged. everything i get from the general is that we are in terrific shape to continue the transition. we re at 83,000 troops today, i think, and we ll be down to 50,000 by the 31st of august, and we re on track to do that. the long-term strategic partnership and relationship