Seventy years ago, Democratic President Harry S. Truman signed into law the National Security Act passed by a Republican Congress. No legislation in U.S. history more fundamentally altered the way ...

Harry Truman signed the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 after Franklin Roosevelt's death elevated him to the presidency. How has the succession plan fared since then -- through presidential ...

Description Author Roy Brownell discusses the Presidential Succession Act of 1947's applicability to the presidency of Harry Truman.

Jeffrey H. Bloodworth is security fellow at the Truman National Security Project (trumanproject.org), a Democratic Party-aligned national security and leadership development organization based in ...

Seventy years ago, Democratic President Harry S. Truman signed into law the National Security Act passed by a Republican Congress. No legislation in U.S. history more fundamentally altered the way ...