Harry Truman actually said...

You are hereby authorized to use officers and enlisted personnel of the U.S. Armed forces and civilian employees of the U.S. Government, on your staff as you consider appropriate in numbers and grades as necessary.

Context

Letter to Admiral McCormick Designating Him Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic

01/29/1952

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