Give 'Em A Hellish Degree Of Accountability, Harry
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The Life and Times of Truman
There was an investigation during the Civil War by Lincoln's own party, they drove Abe Lincoln nuts. Truman had read all of their transcripts and he learned some key lessons from that. He assembled this sort of senatorial B list of efficient but not flashy senators. The committee would put out 32 reports every single one of them unanimous and bipartisan.
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