The need for security isn't new. Eisenhower and Truman laid its foundations nearly 80 years ago.The framework that guides U.S. defense and foreign policy today was built during the first decade of the Cold War by President Harry Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower.Truman signed the National Security Act of 1947, creating the Department of Defense, the U.S. Air Force, the National Security Council, and the CIA. Eisenhower inherited the system Truman built and made it sustainable. His strategy emphasi

General Eisenhower's radio address on D-Day June 6, 1944SUPREME HEADQUARTERSALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war m