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Harry Truman: This military budget is essential to our national security.

On the recordApril 29, 1951
This military budget is essential to our national security.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Letter to the Speaker Transmitting the Budget for the Military Functions of the Department of Defense.

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