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Richard Nixon: My consistent position from the beginning has been to get out the facts about Watergate, not to cover them up.

On the recordAugust 14, 1973
My consistent position from the beginning has been to get out the facts about Watergate, not to cover them up.
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Richard Nixon
Republican · California

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Statement About the Watergate Investigations

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