truman after the blockade began met with the joint chiefs of staff headed by a legend, omar bradley,he cabinet led by a military legend, general george marshall. his cabinet and the new national security council about how to respond. the vote today unanimously that we should leave berlin that there was no way that we could feed the city or do not and when that finished robert lovett who was the assistant secretary of state said mr. president of the russians need over from berlin shoes and harry truman said we stay in berlin, period and he said have you really thought about this, mr. president? and truman got up and walked out of the room and it was truman's determination along with clay's on the other end and then the competence and the bravery of these young men but when one of the most unlikely, it wasn't a battle but the situation in the biggest and humanitarian history. >> i think one of the things that's striking ac said the cabinet of these very prestigious military men, brad the commercial and so on and marshals staff had not only leavitt but george kennan was -- they were opp