It must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
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Harry S. Truman
33rd US President (1884-1972). Sworn in 82 days into his vice presidency after FDR's death, he approved the atomic bombings, ended WWII, and built the Cold War architecture—Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, NATO, and CIA.
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