Question: Which administration was in control during Watergate?
About the article "Watergate scandal", section "Abstract".

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McCord was interviewed and then hired by Jack Caulfield in January 1972 "for strict, solely defensive security work at the Republican National Committee and the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP)".
He and four other accomplices were arrested during the second break-in to the Democratic National Committee's headquarters at the Watergate complex on June 17, 1972.
The arrests led to the Watergate scandal and resignation of President Nixon.
McCord was one of the first men convicted in the Watergate criminal trial; on eight counts of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping.
In a later letter, written to U.S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell.
The letter implicated senior individuals in the Richard Nixon administration of covering up the conspiracy that led to the burglary. 
The origin of the name “Watergate salad” is obscure.
Kraft Corporate Affairs said, "We developed the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight.
It was in 1975, the same year that pistachio pudding mix came out."
Kraft, however, didn't refer to it as Watergate Salad until consumers started requesting the recipe for it under the name.
"According to Kraft Kitchens, when the recipe for Pistachio Pineapple Delight was sent out, an unnamed Chicago food editor renamed it Watergate Salad to promote interest in the recipe when she printed it in her column."
Neither the article nor editor has been tracked down, however.
The Denver Post, in the Empire Magazine of June 27, 1976 published a recipe for Watergate Salad.
Watergate salad was a concoction thought up by a sous chef at the Watergate Hotel, and it was then served at brunch on most weekends.
Watergate Salad took off in popularity during and after the presidential scandal which shares the same name.
Syndicated household advice columnists Anne Adams and Nan Nash-Cummings, in their "Anne & Nan" column of October 9, 1997 reported that name came from the similar "Watergate Cake" (which shares most of the same ingredients): "The recipes came out during the Watergate scandal.
The cake has a 'cover-up' icing and is full of nuts.
The salad is also full of nuts."
Frederick Cheney "Fred" LaRue (October 11, 1928, Athens, Texas – July 24, 2004, Biloxi, Mississippi) was a presidential aide of the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
LaRue served time in prison for his role in events resulting in the Watergate first break-in and the subsequent Watergate scandal and cover-up.
LaRue did not have any rank, title, salary or even listing in the White House directory.
LaRue was present at an early meeting with his friend, U. S. Attorney General John Mitchell, at which the Watergate burglary was planned.
After the Watergate burglary, LaRue assisted the cover-up, supervising the shredding of documents and the destruction of financial records. 
Watergate is the Watergate scandal, a 1972 break-in at the Watergate Hotel by members of President Richard Nixon's administration and the resulting cover-up.
Watergate may also refer to: 
The Senate Watergate Committee was a special committee convened by the United States Senate to investigate the Watergate burglaries and the ensuing Watergate scandal after it was learned that the Watergate burglars had been directed to break into and wiretap the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee by the Committee to Re-elect the President, President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign fund raising organization.
The formal, official name of the committee was the Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities.
The Committee played a pivotal role in gathering evidence that would lead to the indictment of forty administration officials and the conviction of several of Nixon's aides for obstruction of justice and other crimes.
Its revelations prompted the introduction of articles of impeachment against the President in the House of Representatives, which led to Nixon's resignation.