As Watergate Separated Americans, This Speaker of The House United Them
Our American Stories
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4.6 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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On this episode of Our American Stories, Carl Albert was known as the Little Giant from Little Dixie. He would become the Speaker of the House during the Watergate years. Here's the story of how he put principle over politics.
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| 1:09.6 | Carl Albert did not want to be president. |
| 1:14.6 | The five-foot four-inch speaker of the House had not risen from abject poverty to the nation's |
| 1:20.6 | second highest office by lacking ambition. |
| 1:24.6 | But in 1973, when the Speaker realized the Watergate crisis could elevate him into the White House, |
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