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FIRST MILLIONAIRE WAS WILLIAM CURRY AND THANK YOU, CLINTON. THAT WAS INCREDIBLE. A PURE COVERAGE HORN NOTE IF I'VE EVER HEARD ONE. I WASN'T SUPPOSED...
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| 00:01:33 |
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WATSON. GOOD TO HAVE YOU HERE AGAIN. ANYWAY,
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| 00:01:38 |
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I HAVE BEEN ASKED AS PRESIDENT OF THE HARRY S. TRUMAN FOUNDATION I'D LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE, AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS THE EIGHTH ANNUAL LEGACY...
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| 00:04:48 |
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FOR ED SWIFT. ED HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD FRIEND TO THE TRUMAN LIBRARY AND TO MY FAMILY FOR MANY YEARS. A LOT OF THESE LAST EIGHT YEARS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED...
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| 00:07:34 |
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INTRODUCE MIKE DEVINE, THE DIRECTOR OF THE TRUMAN LIBRARY, INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI. I'VE KNOWN MIKE EVER SINCE HE TOOK THE JOB. I HAVE ONLY KNOWN --...
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| 00:08:48 |
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IN ILLINOIS WHICH IS MY NATIVE STATE ACTUALLY AND WHEN LINCOLN WAS RUNNING FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE AGAINST STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS,...
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| 00:12:22 |
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TONIGHT BILL OUR GOOD FRIEND DR. BOB WATSON FROM LYNN UNIVERSITY. BOB WATSON WAS A CO-CONSPIRATOR WITH ME AND OTHERS OVER THE YEARS IN GETTING THE...
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| 00:13:03 |
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YEARS LATER. I ALWAYS LOVE THAT LINE FROM LINCOLN, DOUGLAS WAS CRITICIZING LINCOLN DURING ONE OF THE FAMOUS SEVEN DEBATES THEY HELD IN 1858 AROUND...
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| 00:14:44 |
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NEWS CONFERENCES AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. HERE IN BOB WOOL'S LAND. >> THAT'S RIGHT. AND, OF COURSE, BACK THEN THE WALL RIGHT BEHIND ALL...
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| 00:14:56 |
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WAS ACTUALLY A BEACH, UNFORTUNATELY, THE PLANNERS IN THE CITY THOUGHT THAT YOU CONDOMINIUMS AN APPARENTLY WOULD WORK BETTER THAN THE BEACH THAT WAS...
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| 00:19:16 |
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WAS HIS COMMANDING GENERAL IN WORLD WAR I. WHERE TRUMAN FIRST SHOWED HIS ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP. AND HE ALSO HAD A LOT OF THE RESPECT FOR ROBERT...
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| 00:20:24 |
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HARRY TRUMAN APPRECIATED THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IN 1953, HE TURNED DOWN ALL THE MAGNIFICENT OFFERS THAT HE WAS GETTING BECAUSE HE WANTED TO GO...
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| 00:23:52 |
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YES. OF COURSE, HE COMMENTED ABOUT
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| 00:23:58 |
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HOW GENERAL MacARTHUR FAILED TO SALUTE HIS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. FOR A LONG TIME THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT REALLY IS FALSE. IT'S A POWERFUL STORY SOMEBODY...
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| 00:24:59 |
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LOOK CRUSHED, AND HIS OPEN SHIRT. HE JUST DID NOT LIKE THAT KIND OF A GENERAL. >> WHAT A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO. IT'S HARD TO THINK OF A MORE FLAMBOYANT...
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| 00:25:13 |
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MacARTHUR AND A LESS FLAMBOYANT PERSON THAN HARRY TRUMAN. WITH RESPECT TO MacARTHUR, MacARTHUR HIMSELF USED TO TELL THE STORY, HE SAID HE LEARNED...
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| 00:25:53 |
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THAT'S THE BONUS ARMY. SURE. >> TO RUN THEM OUT OF WASHINGTON? >> SURE. DURING THE GREAT
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| 00:26:01 |
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DEPRESSION, THE WORLD
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| 00:26:04 |
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WAR I VETS GATHERED. PRESIDENT HOOVER MADE THE POOR DECISION TO ASSIGN MacARTHUR THAT TASK AND FIXED BAYONETS WAS THE VIEW. THEY TEAR GASSED OUR OWN...
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| 00:27:11 |
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WAS A MAN OF DESTINY. HE TRIED TO LIVE UP TO THAT. PHILIP PEARLMAN WHO WROTE THE BOOK CALLED "TRUMAN AND MacARTHUR," I THINK SAYS THAT BOTH TRUMAN AND...
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| 00:28:43 |
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BE DISPUTED. A NUMBER OF BIOGRAPHERS SUGGESTED ACTUALLY MacARTHUR DID NOT HAVE SUCH A GREAT COMMAND AND UNDERSTANDING OF ASIAN HISTORY OR CULTURAL...
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| 00:29:31 |
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UNDERSTOOD THE CULTURE. I THINK ACTUALLY MacARTHUR, WHEN HE WAS THE PRO CONSULT IN JAPAN AND UNDER JAPANESE CONTROL WHEN THEY SURRENDERED, YOU'VE GOT...
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| 00:30:14 |
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HAD DONE SUCH A GREAT JOB IN JAPAN. ALSO THE LANDING AT INCHON, WHICH WE ARE DISCUSSING TOMORROW, WAS BRILLIANTLY CONCEIVED AND IMPLEMENTED. TRUMAN,...
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| 00:31:09 |
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THE WAR IN KOREA TO BE A POLICE ACTION. WITH A NUMBER OF AMERICAN CASUALTIES, THEY CONSIDERED IT A REAL WAR. I THINK MAYBE ALSO PRESIDENT TRUMAN MADE...
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| 00:33:40 |
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MISTAKE MacARTHUR MADE POLITICALLY DURING THE WAR. >> WELL, JOE MARTIN WHO WAS REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WHILE
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| 00:33:54 |
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REPUBLICANS CONTROLLED THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AS A RESULT OF THE DISASTROUS 1946 MIDTERM ELECTION, MARTIN HAD WRITTEN TO MacARTHUR ASKING FOR HIS...
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| 00:35:24 |
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OTHER COMMENTS TO THE VFW WHERE HE WAS CRITICAL OF HIS COMMANDER IN CHIEF. HE PUBLICALLY WOULD TALK TO THE PRESS AND CONTINUALLY HAVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS...
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| 00:35:49 |
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THAT PRESIDENT TRUMAN SUCCESSFULLY ORDERED MacARTHUR TO WITHDRAW THE MESSAGE TO THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR IN WHICH MacARTHUR HAD ONCE AGAIN IN DEFIANCE...
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| 00:36:59 |
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TO THE NORTH KOREAN LEADER, HE SAID HOW ABOUT KIM BUCK TOO, TRYING TO BE DEMEANING. AND HE WENT ON AND ON ABOUT GRAND COMMUNIST PLOTS AND CONSPIRACIES,...
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| 00:38:32 |
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DESPITE THAT APOLOGY. THOSE TWO PEOPLE WERE DOUGLAS MacARTHUR AND J. EDGAR HOOVER. IT'S FASCINATING TO SEE HOW HARRY TRUMAN, THIS GUY WHO NEVER WENT TO...
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| 00:41:49 |
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JUST A PROFESSOR. THE STAGE IS YOURS. >> SHORTLY AFTER I JOINED THE WHITE HOUSE STAFF, I GOT A CALL FROM MATT CONNOLLY WHO
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| 00:42:00 |
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IS TRUMAN'S GATE KEEPER SAYING BESS AND MARGARET ARE BACK AT INDEPENDENCE AND PRESIDENT IS OVER AT BLAIR HOUSE. YOU KNOW THE WHITE HOUSE WAS BEING...
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| 00:44:00 |
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A FOOTNOTE IN HISTORY YOU MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF AND WE'LL MOVE TO THE MEMO KEN WROTE FOR TRUMAN THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRING. DURING MacARTHUR'S VARIOUS...
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| 00:45:09 |
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1951. I WOULD SAY PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS BEFORE THAT, TRUMAN MADE UP HIS MIND. WHAT HE DID WAS TO SEND THE WHOLE FILE OF THE SEQUENCE OF...
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| 00:48:16 |
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BOB.
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| 00:48:19 |
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SO TRUMAN USED THIS MEMORANDUM. WE ARE GOING TO GET INTO THE FACT THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT CAME ABOUT MIDNIGHT. HE HELD A FULL ADDRESS NEWS CONFERENCE...
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| 00:50:09 |
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KNOW, THE OLD STATEMENT IS ALL PRESIDENTS SHOULD BE READERS, EVEN THOUGH ALL READERS CAN'T BE
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| 00:50:16 |
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PRESIDENTS. >> KEN IN YOUR MEMORANDUM, YOU OPEN IT UP WITH SANDBURG, STORY ABOUT ABRAHAM LINCOLN
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| 00:50:27 |
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BEING ASKED HIS COMMENTS ON McCLELLAN. WOULD YOU SHARE WITH FOLKS THAT FUNNY LINE THAT, LITTLE STORY? >> YEAH. PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS ONCE ASKED HOW...
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| 00:50:46 |
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THE CRITICISMS OF GENERAL McCLELLAN, WHO LIKE MacARTHUR WAS AN EGOTIST. SO LINCOLN SAID, I DON'T WANT TO MAKE A DIRECT ANSWER, BUT IT REMINDS ME OF...
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| 00:51:29 |
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MacARTHUR DON'T END WITH THAT. OF COURSE, BOTH McCLELLAN AND MacARTHUR WERE BURNED UP BY THE PRESS. >> SURE. McCLELLAN RAN AGAINST LINCOLN IN 1864....
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| 00:51:52 |
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KNOW, MacARTHUR HAD GREAT AMBITIONS TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN GAVE HIM HIS COMUP UFRNCOMEUPPANCE. >> MacARTHUR'S...
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| 00:52:30 |
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BOURBON TO MAKE SUCH A DECISION. >> I THOUGHT McCARTHY SAID HE DRINK A COMBINATION OF BORBON AND BENEDICTINE, WHICH IS NOT A
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| 00:52:44 |
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GOOD COMBINATION. >> NOT THAT I TRIED IT. AND HE ACCUSED TRUMAN OF APPEASEMENT. TRUMAN MADE A MISTAKE IN THE WAY HE WENT
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| 00:52:52 |
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ABOUT FIRING MacARTHUR AND THE TIMING OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. WOULD YOU CARE TO COMMENT ON THAT? >> THAT WAS NOT TRUMAN'S MISTAKE. IT WAS A MISTAKE OF
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| 00:53:06 |
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OUR INTELLIGENCE AND MISTAKE OF SOMEBODY STARTED A RUMOR THAT "THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE" WAS GOING TO PRINT A STORY ON A VERY IMPORTANT RESIGNATION, NOT...
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| 00:54:17 |
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MIDNIGHT. SO AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW FROM YOUR
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| 00:54:23 |
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HISTORY, TRUMAN WANTED TO DO THIS IN A WAY THAT WAS GOOD PROTOCOL. THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY FRANK PACE SENT TO KOREA TO MEET THE TROOPS, NOT TO HAVE...
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| 00:54:52 |
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REACH FRANK PACE WHILE HE WAS OUT IN THE FIELD AND THEY COULDN'T FIND HIM. AS THE UNFORTUNATE RESULT OF THAT, MRS. MacARTHUR HEARD IT ON THE RADIO...
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| 00:55:22 |
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DIFFICULT. TRUMAN WAS LARGELY EXONERATED FROM CRITICISM BY A JOINT COMMITTEE SERIES OF HEARINGS IN THE SENATE. ARMED SERVICES AND FOREIGN RELATIONS....
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| 00:55:44 |
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AHEAD.
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| 00:55:47 |
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WE'RE LIKE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE. WE HAVE OUR LITTLE MOMENTS HERE. >> MacARTHUR CAME BACK TO A HERO'S WELCOME ALL OVER THE UNITED
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| 00:56:02 |
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STATES. OF COURSE, TRUMAN WANTED TO GIVE HIM HIS DAY IN COURT, SO TO SPEAK, BY ENDORSING A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, WHICH MacARTHUR ADDRESSED. IT...
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| 00:56:50 |
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JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE. >> OH, YES. OF COURSE, MacARTHUR WENT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, TICKER
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| 00:56:58 |
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TAPE PARADE, ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY AND CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, ALL THE BIG CITY SIES. HE GOT A HERO'S WELCOME....
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| 00:59:57 |
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SIDE OF THE SHIP. THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG BLOW. SURE ENOUGH, MIKE, YOU WANT TO RECALL -- IS MIKE STILL THERE? THE HATE MAIL THAT CAME INTO THE WHITE...
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| 01:00:55 |
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NUMBERS BOTTOM OUT AROUND THIS TIME, LOW 20s. >> YEAH. WELL, THE PUBLIC OPINION WAS DEFINITELY ANTI-TRUMAN AND
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| 01:01:06 |
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PRO-MacARTHUR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS UNTIL THE HEARINGS START DED IN THE CAVERNOUS SENATE CAUCUS ROOM. GRADUALLY PEOPLE BEGAN TO REALIZE TRUMAN HAD MADE THE...
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| 01:01:42 |
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OF GENERAL MacARTHUR? >> CERTAINLY CONFIRMS THE AMERICAN TRADITION OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OVER THE
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| 01:01:55 |
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MILITARY, AND I BELIEVE IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WAS USED AS A WEAPON BY THE SECOND GEORGE BUSH, WHO WOULDN'T LISTEN TO ANY CIVILIANS WHEN HE DECIDE ED...
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| 01:03:41 |
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IN APPROVAL. IT'S A PRESIDENT WHO LEAVES OFFICE AND A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN WHEN HE LEFT OFFICE. ONE BEING SOME PROMINENT COMMENTATORS WEIGHED IN...
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| 01:05:44 |
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RICHARD NIXON WHEN HE HAD TO RESIGN. I TELL YOU WHY HE HAD SUCH A LOW RATING AT THE END OF HIS ADMINISTRATION. IT'S BECAUSE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY...
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| 01:06:56 |
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COMMUNISTS TOOK OVER CHINA WAS THE FACT THAT THERE WERE COMMUNISTS IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THESE VERY, VERY HONORABLE FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS IN...
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| 01:07:32 |
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SOCIALIST. >> HE WAS CALLED UNCLE JOE STALIN. >> CORRUPTION, SMALL
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| 01:07:43 |
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PENNY ANTE STUFF. >> THE OTHER C WAS FOR
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| 01:07:50 |
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| 01:07:52 |
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CORRUPTION. >> ONE OF MY WONDERFUL SOUVENIRS I WISH I HAD BROUGHT IT ALONG WAS THE NAPKIN RING THAT ALL OF
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| 01:08:02 |
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US WHO ATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE GOT WITH OUR NAMES ON IT. ON THE BACK OF IT, IT SAID, "WHITE HOUSE MESS." THE REPUBLICANS ALL SAID, THAT PROVES THERE...
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| 01:10:33 |
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1948 HE COULDN'T POSSIBLY WIN. HE WAS DOING ALL THE VARIOUS THINGS HE WAS DOING. TRUMAN SAID TO HIS POLLSTERS, "HOW FAR WOULD MOSES HAVE GONE IN EGYPT...
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| 01:10:58 |
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IN ISRAEL IF HE HAD TAKEN A POLL? >> THE DEFINITION OF LEADERSHIP. >> RIGHT. >> LET ME JUST CLOSE BY SAYING BEFORE YOU ALL RUN OUT, AS A FLORIDIAN, I...
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| 01:11:11 |
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FLORIDA'S GRANDEST MUSEUM SITTING RIGHT BEHIND US, THE HARRY S. TRUMAN LITTLE WHITE HOUSE. TRUMAN VISITED THIS PLACE 175 TIMES DURING HIS PRESIDENCY....
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| 01:12:13 |
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THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE. AND I HOPE YOU JOIN ME FOR THANKING DR. HECHLER FOR COMING BACK TO KEY WEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL DONE, KEN. >>> KERRY TYMCHUK...
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