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Richard Nixon: We are not going to use executive privilege as a shield for conversations that might be just embarrassing to us, but…

On the recordJanuary 30, 1973
We are not going to use executive privilege as a shield for conversations that might be just embarrassing to us, but that really don't deserve executive privilege.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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The President's News Conference

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