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He was the pro-toe typical nixon loyalist. make him fbi director? its no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, may 1972 since the president made the announcement he didnt need to be confirmed. quote, mr. gray will serve until after november 7th according to the white house because the president doesnt want the appointment to become involved in partisan politics in an election year. wouldnt want it to be at all political so were going to a...

Nixon administration jobs, most importantly, he was a close personal friend of president nixon. he was the pro to typical nexen loyalist. which is always the way hes described when people write about him to this day. so make him fbi director? no wonder democrats at the time were a little uneasy about his appointment as acting fbi director, especially since president nixon made the announcement the acting part of his title meant he wouldnt need to be confirmed, nixon didnt want it to be a short-t...

That was in may 1972. in june 1972, hey, look, its the watergate break-in. they were attempt to go wiretap phones and steal documents. what a time to have a friend as fbi director, nixon was re-elected that november and just as the investigation were starting to ramp up, he nominated l. patrick gray to stay on as his full-time full-fledged fbi director. and democrats were having none of it. hours of questioning, it came out mr. gray had been passing on confidential fbi files on the investigation...

The reasons that that happened was because congress said he had obstructed justice, tried to shut down an investigation that endangered him, that famous smoking gun tape of june 1972. he said to his aide, bob hall, of all things, tell the fbi director to stay the hell out of this. dont investigate the watergate break-in. >> this is fbi director patrick gray -- >> who had to resign and was indicted. >> whom he appointed because he was essentially a nixon supporter who had been subservient to him....

♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, youve met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of 75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 61" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. its the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> that was spring break in my first year in medical school. i...

So down! so down. credit karma. give yourself some credit. ♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, youve met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of 75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 61" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. its the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> ...

♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, youve met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of 75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 61" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. its the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> that was spring break in my first year in medical school. i...

♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, youve met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of 75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 61" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. its the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> that was spring break in my first year in medical school. i...

♪ >> welcome back to "fox news reporting." so far, youve met the young charles krauthammer, harvard medicine, class of 75. his life seemed to be going according to plan, but then no life ever really does. this snapshot was taken in may 1972. it shows a strapping 61" charles krauthammer standing on the beach. its the confident smile of a young man well on his way to making it -- smart, athletic, handsome, driven, the future all his. >> that was spring break in my first year in medical school. i...

Read is being issued simultaneously in peking and in the united states. on behalf of the government of the peoples republic of china has extended an invitation to president nixonon to visit china as an appropriate date before may 1972. president nixonon has accepted the invitation with pleasure. >> saying that he, president nixon personally would travel to china for direct talks. that was not just a surprise because no american president had been to china. it was a surprise because nobody though...