As a Senator, this man led a World War II committee investigating wasteful defense spending.
As a Senator, this man led a World War II committee investigating wasteful defense spending. This president officially desegregated the American army, fired Douglas MacArthur for insubordination, and vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act. In foreign policy, this president authorized the Berlin Airlift, began the Korean War, and ordered the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. For 10 points, name this Democrat who defeated Thomas Dewey in the Election of 1948, and who earlier became president upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
As a Senator, this man led a World War II committee investigating wasteful defense spending.
Harry S {Truman}