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Harry Truman: They are both key positions in the national defense of the United States on its western borders.

On the recordOctober 12, 1950
They are both key positions in the national defense of the United States on its western borders.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Pearl Harbor at the Commissioned Officers Mess.

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