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UMRO SENATOR KOJI JE SRUŠIO RICHARDA NIXONA Howard Baker (88) bio je ključna osoba u aferi Watergate

Baker se istaknuo u istrazi Watergatea kada je na senatskom saslušanju 1973. upitao svjedoka: 'Što je predsjednik znao i kada je to znao?'
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(FILES) US Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker delivers a speech during a luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo, in this December 4, 2003, file photo. Baker, a former Senate majority leader and presidential contender known for his ability to achieve compromise across the political aisle, died on June 26, 2014. He was 88. Early in his career, as top Republican on the Senate committee probing the Watergate scandal, it was Baker who famously posed the central question of the investigation when he asked:
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(FILES) US Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker delivers a speech during a luncheon at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Tokyo, in this December 4, 2003, file photo. Baker, a former Senate majority leader and presidential contender known for his ability to achieve compromise across the political aisle, died on June 26, 2014. He was 88. Early in his career, as top Republican on the Senate committee probing the Watergate scandal, it was Baker who famously posed the central question of the investigation when he asked: "What did the president know and when did he know it?" AFP PHOTO / Kazuhiro NOGI / FILES
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Baker se istaknuo u istrazi Watergatea kada je na senatskom saslušanju 1973. upitao svjedoka: 'Što je predsjednik znao i kada je to znao?'

WASHINGTON - Republikanac iz Tennesseea Howard Baker, ključna osoba u senatskoj istrazi afere Watergate koja je dovela do ostavke predsjednika Richarda Nixona, umro je u četvrtak u 88. godini.

Baker se istaknuo u istrazi Watergatea kada je na senatskom saslušanju 1973. upitao svjedoka: "Što je predsjednik znao i kada je to znao?".

Umro je u svom domu u Huntsvilleu u saveznoj državi Tennessee od komplikacija moždanog udara koji je pretrpio u subotu, rekao je Tom Griscom, dugogodišnji Bakerov prijatelj i njegov nekadašnji glasnogovornik u Senatu.

Baker je bio šef osoblja Bijele kuće od 1987. do 1998. u vrijeme predsjednika Regana i veleposlanik u Japanu od 2001. do 2005. u administraciji Georgea Busha. Neuspješno se 1980. borio za republikansku predsjedničku nominaciju koju je osvoji...

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