Edwin Meese
Edwin Meese is an American politician. He has been a long time member of the Republican Party.
He worked under Governor of California Ronald Reagan, from 1967 to 1974, in various senior positions, including as his chief of staff. In 1980 Meese joined the Reagan Presidential Campaign, again as chief of staff. Meese headed Reagan's transition team.
Meese served as a counselor to Reagan, and sat on both his Presidential cabinet and the National Security Council, from 1981 to 1985. Meese played a leadership role in the development of Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative.
Reagan appointed Meese the successor to U.S. Attorney General William French Smith when he began his second term.[1][2] Senate confirmation of his appointment was contentious. Archibald Cox, on behalf of the lobby group Common Cause, alleged the record showed Meese had shown favoritism to financial backers, enabling them to subsequently assume positions in the Reagan administration.
In 1989 testified before Congress that he had been concerned that Reagan might face impeachment over the Iran-Contra deal.[3]
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- ↑ Leslie Maitland Warner (1984-12-19). "Common Cause Bids Senate Vote against Meese". The New York Times (Washington, DC): p. A19. Archived from the original on 2015-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20150524154503/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/19/us/common-cause-bids-senate-vote-against-meese.html. Retrieved 2021-01-23. "The independent counsel's investigation focused on allegations that Mr. Meese had helped arrange positions in the Reagan Administration for individuals who had assisted him financially and that he had failed to disclose, as required by law, a $15,000 interest-free loan to his wife." -->
- ↑ "Texan Acts for Impeachment". The New York Times (Washington DC): p. 18. 1987-03-06. https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/06/us/texan-acts-for-impeachment.html.
- ↑ David Johnston (1989-03-29). "Meese Testifies That Impeachment Was a Worry". The New York Times (Washington DC): p. 17. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/29/us/meese-testifies-that-impeachment-was-a-worry.html?searchResultPosition=6.
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