harry truman and dean acheson follow the second world war if america adopts a new stride -- strategy are trying to teach trying to isolationism still brought into two world wars that america needs to be active but also promote over values of human rights democracy free trade and freedom and finally we need to be strong standing with our allies and fighting foes were ever they may exist for above those principles of foreign policy the president has question and would be wise to return to them when the iranian state the streets and protest an election that was unfair i think the president should have spoken out clearly saying we support voices of freedom you can imagine ronald reagan would have had something to say and so would bill clinton. >> host: you say this president is failing too properly promote america to the world? >> i think when you try to distance yourself from americanto

it's in fact president harry truman. i still can't quite get over the fact that i am sitting at harry truman's desk here on the senate floor and that i hold the seat in the senate that harry truman held. and tomorrow when i attend the permanent subcommittee on investigations -- and as we see a parade of wall street executives justifying their behavior -- i will be asking questions that the committee that harry truman made famous when he took war profiteers to task many years ago. harry truman said, "if you can't convince them, confuse them." well, i'm confused. i read today that the ranking member of the republican party of the banking committee said the following at a meeting of community bankers today: i'm quoting exactly what he said. "i think we basically know what went wrong. we've had a lot of hearings. we've been working on it 15-16 months now." now, that's not chairman dodd that said, "i think we basically know what went wrong." it's not chairman dodd saying "we've had a lot of hearings." it's not chairman dodd s

but time and history has actually been quite a bit kinder to harry truman. is this potentially the same treatment that we may see for president george w. bush? i'm joined by mark mckinnen, former adviser to president george w. bush, and good to see you. >> thank you very much. there really are remarkable parallels here. they were both strong leaders, both had a real strong sense of black and white and right and wrong, a firm moral compass, led during a time of economic turbulence and war, very tough foreign policy decisions. high ethical standards. and neither one really cared about their own personal popularity and i think historically if you look at leaders like churchill and truman, those are people like george w. bush who really didn't care much about popular opinion. truman had the lowest in-office favorable rating of 22 percent, which was even beneath richard nixon's, which was 24. so i think there's a very good chance -- i mean, history is a great arbiter more than the frame we look at in the present tiles. i think there's a very good chance that hist

they brought in a group of 160 academics, including harry truman, to send in a less. and i think the list had about 68 major senators. they could always a light five. that finally did boil it down to henry clay, daniel webster, john c. telcalhoun -- no-brainers. but there were two slots for the toy center. the great progressive republican from nebraska, father of the tva another progress of legislation, that the first vote from the outside panel. but the nebraska senators decided that they were not going to let him brace holes, so they agreed that this would be unanimous. so they said -- they selected a senator from wisconsin, another progress of senator, and then robert taft of ohio, who had been the republican leader for a very short period of time. and that was set. and then in 1999, trent lott looked around and saw some other interspaces. -- empty spaces. so we in the senate office -- senate historical office played that role. we ran a competition and they ran up -- ended up with one republican and one democrat. there were more space is available on the walls ther

for president, one was harry truman, the other ronald reagan who switched parties. >> woodruff: well, marco rubio who now has the republican primary all to himself, or the republican nomination, david, is one of the few republicans in the country who is criticizing that arizona anti-immigration law. and now you see the democrats in washington coming up with an immigration reform bill, they rolled it out yesterday. what are the prospects, seriously, for immigration reform? >> i think really grim. chuck schumer has been pushing this issue. he wanted president obama to do it right away, chuk schumer, the senator from new york. he's head of the committee. and he's pushing hard. and i think he's sincere, he has been doing it for so long. nonetheless i still think the reason we're talking about it now as we mentioned last week is that latino voters are so far a little apathetic. democrats need them, especially harry reid in nevada needs them. and they are trying to get them to come out to vote by putting immigration top burner. but the prospects of it passing, a, depends on them doing the

this goes all the way back to harry truman who brought that wore to a close. you do not strip the united states of our superiority, which he's also trying to do through the start agreement and you also don't strip the american super power of its ability to keep peace in the world. that's wht special exemptions for iran and north korea. that's smart but it sounds very familiar. it sounds like the axis of evil, another peace of evidence that bush was right. >> any situation where you would envision the u.s. using a nuclear weapon? >> eleanor, it doesn't matter. you don't take any option off the table. >> okay, ladies, hold on. mort? >> it's certainly going to create a lot of intent for people who develop biological and chemical weapons because that's going to be, shall we say, the weapons du jour. i actually happen to be in favor of reduction of nuclear capabilities than weaponry. a lot of them are old weapons, old rockets. i'm not sure they serve quite the same purpose. >> we're doing that. >> but it's -- >> not only that, but when bush, who favored some of thi

think instead a foreign policy consistent with the values in the prescript is where prescribed by harry truman and dean acheson following the second world war is the more appropriate course of america's way forward. >> host: i think in the book you say the u.s. is good in it is good for the u.s. to be strong, but then in talking about some of the things that president obama has done an especially in the foreign-policy area, you seem to suggest that he is diminishing american. the democratic national committee by the way, issued a statement that said americans in the last election rejected radical foreign-policy authored by dick cheney and wholeheartedly adapted by matt romney and this policy would alienate allies and embolden enemies. what do you think? >> guest: i don't have a lot to say about the dnc and what kind of screen they are going to put up at the areas where i think the president disappointed a lot of folks including myself was for instance when the honduran supreme court said that they are anti-american, pro-chavez president violated the constitution and their military removed him

think a foreign policy consistent with the values and the proscriptives that were described by harry trumannd dean atchison following the second world war is the more appropriate course. of america's way forward. >> host: i think in the book you say the u.s. is good and it's good for the u.s. to be strong. >> guest: yeah. >> host: but then in talking about some of the things that president obama has done and especially in the foreign policy area, you seem to suggest that he is diminishing america as you just said. the democratic national committee by the way then issued a statement that said americans in the last election rejected radical foreign policy authored by dick cheney and wholeheartedly adapted by mitt romney. and that this policy would alienate allies and embolden allies. >> guest: i don't have much to say about the

>> host: john dain among your 10 books written by barry goldwater sen you compare him to harry truman. house do? >> guest: over the years his positions have been forgotten and his pacific's and has become to be viewed by partisans on both sides as somebody who was a straight shooter who told that the way it was and had the respect of the sulfide spectrum and asses history has outcast regardless if you agreed it lowered disagreed bed to looking at the best interest of the country. and that has a certain charm and well reception to get a good reception with the efforts. there is a nice comparison. uest: i'm looking for him. i'm not sure there is. there are, there are people who speak their mind, but he was, he became a, you know, a unique figure in american politics because of his outspokenness and his -- he took a very unpopular position at the time. conservativism was very young when he started a movement and made it very sensible, it was very common sense conservativism. we don't have somebody who's starting a movement like that today, at least hasn't surfaced on my radar. >> host: w

harry truman and dean atchison following the second world war said america would adopt a new strategy. having tried isolationism and having been drawn into two world wars despite that, they said, look, america needs to be active in the world. but we also need to promote our values. human rights, democracy, free trade, freedom. and finally we need to be strong. standing with our allies and fighting foes wherever they might exist. those principles of foreign policy i think the president has questions in his first year. and i think he would be wise to return to them when iranians take the streets -- to the streets, for instance, and protest an election they think is unfair, i think our president should have spoken out clearly and sharply saying we support voice of freedom wherever they are. you can imagine that ronald reagan would have had something to say and so would bill clinton in that setting at least in my view. >> host: but what you're saying here is that this president in a way then is failing to properly promote america to the worded? -- world. >> guest: i think when you try and

>> host: in the book you compare barry goldwater to harry truman. how so? >> guest: he's one of those guys who over the years his positions have gotten forgotten, his specifics, and he's come to be viewed by partisans on both sides as somebody who was really a straight shooter, who told it the way it was, who had the respect of a wide spectrum, and i think as history has passed, he is in that category regardless of whether you agreed or disagreed with him at the time, you look at him now as somebody who really had the best interests of the country in mind and spoke his mind. and that has a certain charm and certain well reception or good reception with the average voters. so i think there's a nice comparison. >> host: and as you write, admired for his principles. is there somebody on the national stage today that is a barry goldwater? >> guest: i'm looking for him. i'm not sure there is. there are, there are people who speak their mind, but he was, he became a, you know, a unique figure in american politics because of his outspokenness and his -- he took a

we have franklin roosevelt, we have harry truman, ronald reagan, administrations.suggests to me, like kill the nazis, regime change. >> it certainly does. i'm not sure that republican leadership can stop these if they wanted to. john boehner. >> what about waving the don't tread on me flag? >> they appeared before an audience shouting nazis and referring the democrats and obama and they didn't stop it. they didn't say don't do that. they didn't say anything the next day. they actually got the permit for the crowd to appear and do that. it seems at least it's implied acceptance -- >> they should condemn the rhetoric. i'm not sure john boehner the member of the tea party -- >> let me follow you up on the post here. why do you think the president, let's spread this around a bit. we had this michele bachmann, a figure of the right. she was saying nancy pelosi by walking past all the protesters during the vote over health care was stirring them up by creating kind of a civil rights rally look to it that would trigger them. do you buy that? >> i don't think it triggered

big fan of fdr he became more conservative and a big coolidge finance and replaced a portrait of harry truman that hung in the white house that surprised fl of a lot of people. and in this very year we heard glen beckham resurrect the coolidge philosophy and persona and the tv show and cpac. i think the timing may to be right to. and according to the founding fathers reseal lot of similarities in that philosophy and we are seeing so much more of an interest in the founding fathers where this might carry over and we have a continuation that is so pure, and in implementing so effective. but politicians stand up in front of you and then they say i will cut spending and balance the budget and reduce the debts and cut out the wasted government. but they never do it. they never do it. calvin coolidge did it and then say he did not accomplish anything. and he did everything that every politician ever promised to do. that is not too bad of an act to follow. >> he thought they might be overstating. [inaudible] even though i did not well raise taxes. also wonder what the principles. >> [inaudible] >> i

harry truman set aside this -- made it is into law. it was president reagan who cite side the first thursday in may as the day for the national day of prayer. i just don't understand where this lady is coming from. why it is unconstitutional to ask people to is people of all faiths, greta this is for jews, christians, catholics, hindus, buddhists, anybody can pray. to coming together and uniting all of us to support our president as a christian thev/e bible tells me to pray for those that are in authority over me. i'm commanded by god himself to pray for those that are in authority. so regardless of what this woman says, i'm still gonna pray. >> greta: two thoughts, i think in some sort of perverse way this is going to be good for the national day of prayer, because i think it draws more attention to it. i think in some perverse way it is going to be a good thing. it is not going to top people from praying. if someone declare the did unconstitutional it is not going to stop anybody. has the white house, has the president responded? i d

. >> among europe ten books, in the book you compare barry goldwater to harry truman. house so? >> he is one of those guys whose positions have gotten forgotten, and he has become viewed by partisans on both sides as somebody who was really a straight shooter, who told the way it was, who had the respect of a wide spectrum and as history has passed, regardless of whether you agree or disagree with him at the time, you look at him now as somebody who really had the best interests of the country in mind and spoke his mind and that has a certain charm and well -- good reception with the average voter's. there's a nice comparison. >> admired for his principles. is there someone on the national stage today to the barry goldwater? >> i am looking for him. i am not sure there is. there are people who speak their mind but he became a unique figure in american politics because of his outspokenness and he took a very unpopular position at the time. conservatism was very young when he started the movement and made it very sensible, common-sense the office of separatism. we don't have someo

president he had become more conservative and became a big coolidge dam and replaced a portrait of harry truman that was hung in the white house as one of calvin coolidge was surprised and a lot of people and this very year we have heard cleantech kind of resurrecting coolidge's philosophy and persona and tv show and cpac so i think the timing might be right for the coolidge. people are looking at this. and as i quoted in the founding fathers, we see a lot of similarities in that philosophy. and we are seeing so much more of an interest in the founding fathers where this might carry over. and we have in the coolidge the distillation of that philosophy which is so pure and implementing it so effective. one of the ways i was going to start his speech and i said -- politicians stand up in front of you every time they want to be elected and they say will come to know, i'm going to cut spending and i'm going to balance the budget and i going to reduce the debt and i am going to put out all of the waste in government and they never do it. they never do it and you know, we fall for it all the time. th

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presidents and one of the most literate and historically informed since the time of the founders was harry s. truman. he did not have a college education at all. instead, he began working for the santa fe railroad when he graduated from high school. imagine that. that less-organized america had many faults. i do not want to romanticize it -- romanticize those faults away. the worst of its faults was his failure to extend the opportunities truman enjoyed to all americans. that was a fault that only serves to confirm the worthiness of the ideal itself. for all its imperfections, the more loose-jointed america is more open to share human possibility then the american credit, iron cage of standardized tests and interpersonal skills we are now so proud of having constructed and imagined to be less elitist than the world it replaced. we need to reserve a less- regimented, less-status- stratified, or lose death jointed america. we needed economy and legal structures that are as open as possible to enterprise and innovation. a school system that is open to all and cured, not for the manufacturing of credent

they're now in the heat of the kitchen as harry truman would say. if you don't like the heat day out of the kitchen. finally, it's not rand paul, not one of the others. it's this guy. what about the impact? are they ready to take the heat? it looks like he knows what he's door, my firsthand look at the guy. look at what he put out. he put out a statement whacking other guy. all the negative publicity regarding the way that charlie crist handpicked chairman spent money in the party. he's going after him. and the best way to deal with that as far as my spending is concerned, you know, he keeps going here. it was legitimate political purposes i spent the money. i paid for them directly to american express. i've not been contacted. i don't know anything about any potential inquiries but i welcome the chance to set record straight once and for all. so he's dealing with this frontally but all the time whacking the other sigh, jim greer, who is charlie crist's guy. can he push in guilt over to crist, not only does crist get hit for dropping the dime on him

of course the vice presidency changed at that time and harry truman became the vice president. >> and didn't even know about the fact that an atomic bomb... >> that's not a surprise. the vice president,sy was a legislative office more than an executive office. but that's another thing about roosevelt who led us into the age of a nuclear weapon. nuclear development. if hitler had done the same-- and hitler had the scientists who had the same information we did. when einstein wrote the letter to roosevelt in 1939 if roosevelt hadn't created the manhattan project, if hitler had gotten nuclear weapons before we did, the outcome of the war would certainly have been different. so that was another major contribution to our history. >> rose: you've had this great life. you came from more humble background? or not. >> i was saying to someone today 80 years ago today my mother took a bus from our boarding house to go to the local hospital and i was born six hours later. (laughs) so it was a wonderful background. wonderful parents who gave me a great sense of america but we were by today's defin

presidents dating back to harry truman met to the pastorst president as you call him. important a cultural figure? >> he is an awfully important cultural figure and one i think we're going to miss as time goes on. and it hasn't been a partisan thing. you go there and you pay hommage. you listen to what he has to say. >> more importantly, he is a unifier. there are people from all ideological divides that can, you know, when we look to our faith we look to its history as a big part of how we became a country. i think a lot of people afford that certain level of respect. >> we could use a unifying figure at the moment. >> you're right. >> next, we go out with pete on the street. he is looking at how the immigration law is playing in new york city. ♪ i'm going to own my own restaurant. i want to be a volunteer firefighter. when i grow up, i want to write a novel. i want to go on a road trip. when i grow up, i'm going to go there. i'm going to work with kids. i want to fix up old houses. [ female announcer ] at aarp we believe you're never done growing. i want to fall in l

relatively modest in size, were put in the middle of a cornfield in iowa or down the street from harry truman's home on delaware street in independence or above all at franklin roosevelt's estate in hyde park. the idea being that these organically grew out of the surroundings that produced the presidents, their characters, their world outlook, you know, and so that hyde park is part of the exhibit, independence is part of the exhibit. beginning with the kennedy library the decision was made, understandably and i think in part for financial reasons, to align these institutions with universities. and that is in some ways a faustian bargain as the library directors discover subsequently and the former presidents discover. >> what's the george w. bush library going to look like? >> you know i have to tell you it's -- i'm impressed. they got robert a.m. stern, a great architect, and i thought ok here we go, we're going to -- we're going to try to out-clinton clinton, you know, which is a remarkable building. and in fact what they've done is exactly the opposite. they've created a building that absol

i mean i keep thinking that even when medicare was passed, old lbj went back to harry truman's placeo give him credit for his having wanted to pass it. so he's got his place in history. and that's a big dealment you live through these moments. a lot of these characters in congress have never seen that for the last 30, 40 years. they just go through day-by-day. they now know they have something they can tell their children. >> rose: it also, you have written and have said causes them to think and they enjoy the experience and what is said at the moment so they want to reach for big ideas. >> i think that's absolutely true. lbj told me that after the passage of the civil rights act it was an extraordinary feeling inside to know that he had changed the lives of millions of people. and rather than then resting on that, because people said to him look, you've just desegregated the south, stop for a while. let the country absorb this huge piece of legislation. he's like no, i've got to go further. i want voting rights. that's the meat in the coconut,. >> rose: but he still has to sell, he'

about the end of the cold war -- i mean the end of world war ii, the beginning of the cold war, harry truman, george marshall, arthur vandenberg, republicans and democrats, different views of things decided we are entering a new phase. we've just come from this huge success. we were the victors of a major superpower if not the only one at that time and yet they foresaw the future of a different world and in need to operate differently. they did things that in our history up to that point and since then were truly remarkable. first of all, republican congress, democratic administration working together which is phenomenal if we think about it today. secondly, they've reorganized government. 1947 national security act, the last time we had a major reorganization of government they joined nato, created it. george washington, thomas jefferson had to be rolling over. we joined the entangling alliance in europe that created the world bank's, the national security council, structures and organizations facing the new world along with kennon and others, they created a strategic view of how we had to

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events going on every day in the keys, like the annual ernest hemingway look-alike contest, the harry truman symposium at the little white house. thanks for covering all the many positive folks who work every day to improve the daily problems keys residents face, the high cost of living, high uninsurance rate, but with your help work working together with leaders like tom we can work to improve paradise every day. tom, i hope off great celebration, i wish i could be with your many friends and family members, you're an outstanding part of what makes the florida keys such an incredible place. congratulations. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman rise? >> to a address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> flying the friendly skies for a commercial passenger is going to get worse. added to delays and fees for luggage, spirit airlines announced last week it will be the first to charge for carry on bags. i am introducing a bill to block spirit and any other airline from being able to impose this unfair and completely unnecessary carry-on t

the only reason i did that was because the president of the united states named harry truman said itfundamentally unacceptable and immoral and at the core it is un-american to ask people to fight and possibly die for their country and then to segregate them by race. [applause] i admire, too, the courage of ronald reagan facing his last chance to be president. he lost to richard nixon and ran against president ford and lost. 1980 he was going to be 69 years old and in his home state or adopted home state of california there was one of those ballot referendum questions california is famous for. this one was called the brigs amendment. it would have prohibited a gay teacher from teaching in the public schools in california. just by that. that alone. no action. anything. if you were gay or homosexual you could not teach. it was leading the polls. ronald reagan came out against it. he said this isn't how we judge teachers in the state of california. we judge them by how our children learn in the classrooms. he turned it around. reagan made the difference. i admire the kind of politics tha

and a republican to democrat, president harry truman. though truman knew all of his four appointees well, chief justice added his support for burton. perhaps the award should have been labeled the most non- partisan. stricken by -- stricken by of fatal hemorrhage, he was replaced by truman. as chief, he supported tom c. clark, the attorney general, today -- to secede. i am pleased and privileged to call my friend justice tom c. clark's daughter who is here this evening. it is wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. justice frankfurter continued his appointment influence. the jewish seat would be banned and with his departure -- would be vacant with his departure. replacing him with another jewish justice was too obvious and cute. nevertheless, jfk did so. according to president kennedy's council, jfk had consulted about his choice with justice frankfurter and chief justice earl warren. his successor, lyndon johnson, always had his own ideas about judicial appointments. he did look two sitting justices to affirm his choices. lbj's

i've told you stories when i was growing up and my father talking about harry truman.re tearing him apart. hey hey lb jrks how many kids did you kill today. nixon had people outside the white house screaming at you. people trying to break into the pentagon and the justice department. in terms of congress itself, the uncivility itself i think is far greater. i told the other day, if sam rayburn after they have a big battle, the board of education's meeting at 5:00 and you republicans can come down, the board of education would get the booze out and they were having a great time. >> a lot of people say the real culprit is not the internet, not cable but flights that they can take home to their districts on the weekend so there's more isolation. members aren't breaking bread together. >> you pointed out too, look, had you three networks in '63, '64 and they didn't -- now you've got cable ripping people up on both sides. you've got the internet. you've got talk radio. all these things. it is -- it cannot be very pleasant for these guys to get hammered every day. >> todd, y

just minutes after the declaration of the founding of the state of israel president harry truman recognized that country and it began a 62 year-long commitment, nonpartisan, bipartisan, universal throughout our country recognizing the importance of our relationship with the state of israel. and i believe that this congress of the united states maintains that dedication and will forevermore. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman yields back. mr. rothman of new jersey. mr. weiner of new york. >> i ask unanimous consent to claim the time. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. etheridge: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i rise today to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the state of israel and join with the israeli people in honoring the country's founders and making this great achievement and its successes. on may 14, 1948, israel's founders declared that the country would be not only a jewish state but also a democratic one where all citizens, regardless of religion, ethnicity, race or gender would live in peace with equal civil rights. since that da

america would have to call up a private contractor and ask if we could rent the aircraft carrier harry truman to go to the red sea for a week. that's what the president's proposing on the manned space program. that's why there's unanimous opposition. mr. speaker, 27 astronauts and nasa leaders have joined together in a magnificent letter they published in "the orlando sentinel" on sunday that strongly urges the congress to drop this misguided proposal that forces nasa out of human space exploration for the foreseeable future. they said canceling nasa's human exploration after 50 years of unparalleled achofmente makes america mediocre and will eliminate our leadership in space. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from colorado rise? >> for permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. perlmutter: thank you, mr. speaker. president bush left this country with a $1.3 trillion debt for one year when president obama came into office a year ago. one of the -- and it was an economy in freefall. one of the things tha

this was something the democratic party had tried to do since harry truman and bill clinton and others. they really, really wanted to get this done, a, for the policy of giving far more people health coverage and making it more affordable. and also, b, because they felt that failure would be terrible for the party in the upcoming elections. so, yes, i think you did see a certain amount of moderate and conservative district democrats being cajoled. that is a light term. it was a lot worse than that, by their to r leadership to vote ty they did. and that is not to say it is wrong. if the bill works out then they took some what of the noble stand. maybe they will be paying the consequences for it back home in the next election. if that is the way it plays out and they voted yes, but you vote him out of power and that is really what politics is all about. >> host: as to how the parties are reading the tea leaves, lots of different signals out there. we showed you the "usa today" story which suggested that the democrats in the and try to support the bill are seeing an increase in their fund

when harry truman left the white house, he drove his wife back to month by himself.t times he was asked by corporations to go to work for the corporations, and his response was, gentlemen, it's not this old job want, it's the office of the presidency, and i don't own it to sell you. the juxtaposition to today is we're looking at the fall of the roman empire. we are so crippled. gentlemen, you have no idea about the anxiety out here. host: thank you. thanks for your call. danny on our line for republicans in seattle, go ahead. caller: hi. i'm calling from seattle, washington, and i'd just like to say the prior caller who talked about iraq, he's right. we squandered all these billions of dollars over there, but it was for the kinds -- host: thanks for the call. we're going to move on to middletown, connecticut. mary on our line for democrats. you want to talk about the resolving door in the financial services industry? mary? caller: yes, thank you. there's a revolving door problem between big organizations and politicians, not just on wall street. for example, it james

and a republican to democrat, president harry truman. though truman knew all of his four appointees well, chief justice added his support for burton. perhaps the award should have been labeled the most non- partisan. stricken by -- stricken by of fatal hemorrhage, he was replaced by truman. as chief, he supported tom c. clark, the attorney general, today -- to secede. i am pleased and privileged to call my friend justice tom c. clark's daughter who is here this evening. it is wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. justice frankfurter continued his appointment influence. the jewish seat would be banned and with his departure -- would be vacant with his departure. replacing him with another jewish justice was too obvious and cute. nevertheless, jfk did so. according to president kennedy's council, jfk had consulted about his choice with justice frankfurter and chief justice earl warren. his successor, lyndon johnson, always had his own ideas about judicial appointments. he did look two sitting justices to affirm his choices. lbj's

june 24 1/3 1948, harry truman called in his cabinet the new national security council and the joint chiefs of staff white omar bradley you had been a great hero in world war ii and boasted that day on june 24 is unanimously to leave berlin there was no way there was 6500 troops surrounded surrounded by 4 million the red army stayed there and thin in europe because there never paid during the war and stall and was using the worthless currency in germany's case, the wreck march to pay the soldiers. there was a real reason he wanted to be there and wanted to get this out on june 262 days later when the meeting was finished chairmen. [laughter] i have done too many presidents. he said we stay in berlin point*. and started to walk out of the room and robert lovett said mr. president have you thought this through? all the soviets need to run an truman did not answer him and on june 26, two days after that the phones rang all over the country where people had phones, western union telegrams were delivered to the pilates cruz mechanics, air-traffic controllers. transportation experts who ma

on june 24th, 1948, harry truman called the new national security council and joint chiefs of staff and on other days the joint chiefs of staff were people like omar bradley who was a great hero in world war ii. they voted on that day on june 24th, unanimously to leave berlin. there was no way we with 6500 troops surrounded by four million of the red army, the red army stayed in germany and eastern europe because they had never been paid during the war and stalin was using worthless currency in germany's case, to pay the soldiers the pay they never had. it was the reason he wanted to be there and when did to get us out. on june 6th -- june 26th, two days after that unanimous vote, when the meeting was finished, truman -- i have done too many presidents, truman said we stay in berlin, period. and got up to walk out of the room. one of the wise men said mr. president, have you thought this through? all the soviets need to overrun billion -- berlin is shoes. truman did not answer him and on june 26th, two days after that, phones rang all over the country where people had phones, western un

candidate at george washington university and a 2004 harry s. truman scholar a distinction shared by our speaker today who was among the first class of 1977. the national editor for "vanity fair", john hughes reporter for bloomberg news and national press club board member this senior business editor fact aviation week magazine. the undersecretary for national protection of programs and a guest of the speaker and we have andrew schneider the associate editor for it to blinder and speaker of the committee and a skipping the speaker the national press club board me the committee member who led the organization of today's event. gaelic, acting tsa administrator and a guest of the speaker and linda kramer a member of the speakers' committee and also help to put together this event. chris chambers a journalism professor nine commentator for russia today also a new member of the press club. and a director of communications for the harris corporation and a former homeland security spokesman and a current homeland security spokesman. [applause] our guest today

he's also a 2004 harry s. trumancholar a distinction shared by our speaker today who was among the first class of truman scholars of 1977. he's a new member. todd, national editor for "vanity fair." john hughes reporter for bloomberg news and national press club board member. joe, senior business editor at aviation week magazine. rand beers undersecretary for the national protection doctor directorate and a guest of our speaker and we have andrew and chairman of the press club speakers committee. skipping our speaker, for a moment, shaun bullard national press club board member and president. he's the speaker's committee member who led organization of today's event. gail, acting tsa administrator and a guest of the speaker. linda kramerening a member of the speaker committee and washington editor of "glamour" magazine. she's also helped put together believe event. chris chambers, journalism professor at georgetown university and commentator for russia today. he's also a new member of the press club. mark, director of