Word: truman
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Then after the war, Bush wavered for weeks on whether and how to support the rebellions. Saddam crushed the revolts and began to slaughter civilians. The triumphant Bush now looked more like an impotent Truman in Korea, even with the nation's favorite general, Norman Schwartzkopf, playing the role of Douglas MacArthur second guessing the commander-in-chief...
...THERE WAS SOMETHING deeply moving and deeply stirring to every American in the creation of the new State of Israel," President Harry S Truman recalled a decade after his administration recognized the the new country in 1948. "Here was a country founded on the love of human freedom, just as our own country was based on the ideal of freedom. Here was a country designed to be a haven for the oppressed and persecuted of the earth, just as our own country had been...
With his convincing victory in the Gulf War, Bush has boosted his prestige to a level the American presidency hasn't seen since Truman's surge of popularity after World War II. But as Bush's presidency has become the symbol of American strength, Congress's influence on foreign policy has sharply declined. Its Constitutional war powers are a significant casualty of the Persian Gulf conflict...
...June 1945, just after the German surrender, George Gallup's polling organization registered an 87% job-approval rating for Harry Truman, the highest Gallup figure for any President on record even today. But researchers acknowledge that Truman himself had little to do with that endorsement, having taken office only two months before, when Franklin Roosevelt died. The unknown Truman rode the crest of relief...
...Bush's rating has soared into the 80s and 90s. But Gallup, perhaps the most respected sampler, waited until the gulf victory had sunk in and then launched its canvass over the weekend. The figures will be announced this week. The Gallup experts predict that Bush will equal the Truman mark and perhaps even...