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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.
Stuart Symington
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Stuart Symington
Age: 87 †
Born: 1901
Born: June 26
Died: 1988
Died: December 14
Former United States Senator
Politician
William Stuart Symington
William Stuart Symington III
Responsibility
Secretary
Business
Budgets
Found
Quickly
Without
Defense
Take
Private
Many
Authority
Years
Cutting
Sharply
Never
Learned
Adequate
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