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James M. Jeffords: “The Bush administration proposal and the Lieberman substitute we are debating represent a dramatic reorganization of the…”

On the recordSeptember 13, 2002
The Bush administration proposal and the Lieberman substitute we are debating represent a dramatic reorganization of the Federal Government. The most obvious difference between the process in the 1940s and this summer is time. The creation of the Department of Defense was a collaborative process between the executive branch and Congress, measured not in days and weeks but years. Proposals for combining the military services were first considered in Congress in 1944. President Harry Truman became keenly involved in the effort and sent a message to Congress at the end of 1945 proposing the creation of the Department of National Defense. Congressional hearings were held on the matter throughout the following year. In 1947, the President sent legislation to Congress that, after additional hearings and congressional input, was finally passed and signed into law in July of 1947.
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Discussing the differences in government reorganization processes between the 1940s and the current proposals.

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