Harry Truman: “I am not a desk strategist and don't pretend to be one.”

Of course I would. I wouldn't be discourteous to anybody. I never have been.

I have great faith and confidence in our civil servants.

I made a 14,400-mile trip to get a lot of misinformation.

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 140 I64 Stat. 107, 145); and as Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, I hereby delegate to the Secretary of Defense the…