"A decision is the action an executive must take when he has information so incomplete that the answer does not suggest itself."
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Military leaders from the United StatesPeople from ChicagoPeople of the Cold WarChairmen of the United States Joint Chiefs of StaffCommanders of the United States Indo-Pacific Command
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Quoted in Time: ARMED FORCES: Man Behind the Power, 25 February 1957.
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Arthur W. Radford
Arthur William Radford (27 February 1896 – 17 August 1973) was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator. In over 40 years of military service, Radford held a variety of posts including Vice Chief of Naval Operations, commander of the United States Pacific Fleet and later the second Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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