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-<center>''For the constitutional confirmation procedure, see [[advice and consent]]''.</center>
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-'''Advice and Consent''' is a widely acclaimed novel by Allen Drury about a Senate confirmation battle for a nominee to become Secretary of State, who was suspected being a [[communist]].  This political fiction was published in 1959 and soared to the top of the ''[[New York Times]]'' bestseller list, and also won a [[Pulitzer Prize]].  The hearings concerning [[Alger Hiss]] are thought to have inspired parts of this book.
-Drury was a reporter who covered the [[U.S. Senate]] during [[World War II]] for a news wire, and later joined the staff of the ''New York Times''.
-[[category:novels]]
-[[category:politics]]