Harry Truman: “If we needed another billion and a half for the military budget, I…”

On the recordMarch 30, 1949

If we needed another billion and a half for the military budget, I would have asked Congress for it when I sent up the Budget Message.

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Democratic · Missouri

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The President's News Conference

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