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To: Teacher317
(Answer, according to Thomas Sowell: "'It’s hard to know how many people could possibly have foreign policy experience before reaching the White House besides a secretary of state or secretary of defense. The last secretary of war (the old title of defense secretaries) to later become president was William Howard Taft, a hundred years ago. The last secretary of state was James Buchanan, a century and a half ago."

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Although I think Ike might be a good asterisk answer, too. Blowing up foreign armies would qualify in my book, LOL)

105 posted on 05/14/2011 12:53:39 PM PDT by Teacher317 (really?)
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To: Teacher317
While I tend to agree with Sowel, I'd probably expand the field more, (foreign policy advisors, deputy and undersecretaries, ambassadors, CIA directors, military generals, etc).

His point still stands never the less.

107 posted on 05/14/2011 1:02:39 PM PDT by Sonny M ("oderint dum metuant")
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