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On the recordJanuary 23, 1946
He rendered sound advice on many matters of national and international policy, legislation and government administration and lifted from the shoulders of the President many vexatious problems, thus lessening materially the burdens of the Chief Executive and Commander in Chief, and permitting him to give his attention to more important problems.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Citation Accompanying Medal for Merit Presented to Samuel I. Rosenman.

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