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Watergate Committee

Watergate Committee
The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Activities, known as the Watergate Committee, was formed in 1973 to investigate presidential involvement in a burglary and wiretapping of the Democratic national campaign headquarters. The staff members included, left to right, Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee, Senator Lowell Weicker of Connecticut, assistant counsels Terry Lenzer and Rufus Edminsten, and committee chairman Senator Sam Ervin of North Carolina.
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