This June 17, 2012 marks the 40th anniversary of the most consequential political scandal in U.S. history, the Watergate scandal.
40th Anniversary of the Watergate Scandal
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A general view of the Senate Watergate Committee hearings on August 3, 1973. (AP Photo)
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Notes taken by White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman during a June 20, 1972, meeting with President Richard M. Nixon reflect the president's fear that the office in the Executive Office Building might be bugged. (AP Photo)
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Members of the Senate Watergate Investigating Committee are seen during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington as they listen to witness Robert Odle, foreground, in this May 17, 1973 photo. (AP Photo)
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President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in Washington August 9, 1974. (AP Photo)