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Harry Truman: “In the first place, most of the money is used to provide for the national security.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1951
In the first place, most of the money is used to provide for the national security.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Cornerstone Laying of the New General Accounting Office Building.

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