Harry Truman
Matthias Platzeck, Prime Minister of the German state of Brandenburg (L) watches China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang sign the guest book as he sits next to a picture of the Potsdamer Treaty with Joseph Stalin, Harry Truman and Winston Churchill at the historic memorial place Celcilienhof in Potsdam, eastern Germany on May 26, 2013. The new premier's three-day visit to Germany, by far China's biggest European trading partner, indicates Beijing's wish to continue its special partnership with Europe's biggest economy, analysts say.
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Suffolk lawmakers question merger plan
on the November ballot to authorize the consolidation."With this administration, my posture and my stance has become like Harry Truman's: 'I'm from Missouri, show me,'" said Minority Leader John M. Kennedy Jr. (R-Nesconset). "Every time you ask them to show Read more »
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Bromund: Margaret Thatcher's lesson: To triumph, do your homework
and saying sternly, "This is what we believe."American politicians used to prepare for high national office, too. For Harry Truman , the only thing new in the world was "the history you don't know." Thatcher agreed: To be a great leader, you need to know enough Read more »
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Vibrant Wyoming Democrats Put Kennedy Over Top In ’60
his way through school (his father had died when Hickey was three). Hickey’s first brush with fame came when he was plucked by Harry Truman in 1949 to serve as a United States District Attorney. His win against Simpson was unexpected, and narrow. Hickey was from The Moderate Voice Read more »
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AC360 411: Inside the NSA
and is now in hiding in Hong Kong. He could face criminal charges here in the U.S. Here’s the AC360 411 on the NSA: Pres. Harry Truman established the agency more than 60 years ago on November 4, 1952. The NSA Director is appointed by the Secretary of Defense from CNN Read more »
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It’s The Profiling, Stupid! Obama, Trust And The NSA
of the 1912 Radio Communications Act. This operation was exposed and shut down, but after World War II, President Harry Truman rightly deemed the threat of nuclear weapons to be so significant that, by way of executive order, he formed the National Security from Constitution Club Read more »
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Colombia a Good Fit for NATO
door. I think it's a responsible initiative. NATO is the most formidable military coalition in history. It was created by Harry Truman in 1949, in the middle of the Cold War, when the Soviet Union was going through its worst imperial spasm. Although named from Real Clear World Read more »
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Korean War 60th Anniversary Programs - Col. David J. Clark Interview
emphasized at the end of the war. One was the diversity of troops who served. The war came on the heels of President Harry Truman's order that opened the door to integrating the military (Executive Order No. 9981, issued July 26, 1948). At the beginning of from Quarterly Journal of Military History Read more »
