Oct 2nd, 2008 · Senator John McCain was back in Washington Wednesday to vote on the financial rescue package. Before that, he was in Missouri invoking the spirit of former President Harry Truman, a native of the Show Me State. McCain urged lawmakers, like Truman, to put the nation ahead of their party politics and vote for the Wall Street rescue plan.
Feb 5th, 2008 · Floyd "Toad" Boring, a Secret Service agent best known for his role in defending President Harry Truman from an assassination attempt, died last week at the age of 92. In his career with the Secret Service, he protected presidents from FDR to Lyndon Johnson.
Feb 5th, 2008 · A former Secret Service officer who helped thwart the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman has died. Floyd Boring, 92, changed the course of history when he and White House police officers took on two armed men during a shootout near Blair House, where Truman was staying during White House renovations.
Sep 20th, 2007 · President Harry Truman signed the act that created the CIA in 1947, around the start of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. More recently, the agency has suffered intelligence failures and dozens of senior officials walking out in 2004.
Nov 8th, 2005 · Sixty years after President Harry Truman called for an end to the use of atomic weapons, arms control efforts continue. Where are we today? Talk of the Nation examines the current state of arms control in a live broadcast before a studio audience at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C.