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  1. Comments: Gated by NETNEWS@AUVM.AMERICAN.EDU
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!auvm!RA.MSSTATE.EDU!DJM1
  3. Message-ID: <9212231503.AA06353@Ra.MsState.Edu>
  4. Newsgroups: bit.listserv.history
  5. Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:03:43 CST
  6. Sender:       History <HISTORY@PSUVM.BITNET>
  7. From:         Don Mabry <djm1@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
  8. Subject:      Re: Does knowing history make any difference in policy?
  9. Comments: To: HISTORY@UBVM.cc.buffalo.edu
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  12.         Both Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson were presidents of the
  13. American Historical Association. Harry Truman, in his memoirs, said that
  14. his regular reading of history was very important in his ability to make
  15. public policy decisions. Both George McGovern and Henry Kissinger have
  16. Ph.D.s in history.
  17.