Milestones

Wed., March 10, 1999

Ten years ago: One day after the Senate rejected the defense secretary nomination of John Tower, President Bush announced he would nominate Wyoming Rep. Dick Cheney, who was later confirmed.

Five years ago: White House officials began testifying before a federal grand jury about the Whitewater controversy.

One year ago: U.S. Air Force and Navy personnel in the Persian Gulf received vaccinations against anthrax. Indonesia’s President Suharto was elected to his seventh term. Actor Lloyd Bridges died in Westwood, Calif., at age 85.

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