KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton praised Harry S. Truman’s ability to help people understand their common humanity in accepting an award Wednesday given to people for their service to the United States in the spirit of the late president.
Speaking on the 129th birthday of President Truman, Clinton recalled Truman’s ability to bring people together behind a common purpose. Clinton, the 2013 recipient of the Harry S. Truman Good Neighbor Award, told the audience of dignitaries and relatives of the late president he wished he had the chance to know Truman.
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