Stuart Symington
Stuart Symington
William Stuart Symington, Jr.was an American businessman and politician from Missouri. He served as the first Secretary of the Air Force from 1947 to 1950 and was a Democratic United States Senator from Missouri from 1953 to 1976...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth26 June 1901
CountryUnited States of America
real secret democracy
In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
war military believe
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win.
responsibility cutting years
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary of Defense, as budgets were sharply cut, quickly found that out.
children marine army
But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy. Everything had to be done over by the Army after it had already been done by the Air Corps, a mess.