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** FILE ** 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 file photo. From left are; Sen. Lowell Weicker, R-Conn., Sen. Edward Gurney, R-Fla., Chief Minority Counsel Fred Thompson, Sen. Howard Baker, R-Tenn., Sen. Sam Ervin, D-N.C., Chairman, Chief counsel Samuel Dash, Sen, Herman Talmadge, D-Ga., Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii and Sen. Joseph Montoya, D-N.M. Barely aware of Watergate when he was offered the job, Thompson wound up being the one who publicly asked Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield whether there were any listening devices in the White House. (AP Photo/File)