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MARCH 15, 2022 | 75TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT
Featuring John Avlon, CNN Senior Political Analyst
With an Introduction by Clifton Truman Daniel

75 YEARS AGO, President Harry S. Truman addressed a joint session of Congress. In a dramatic message, known as the Truman Doctrine Speech, the president asked Congress for $400 million in military and economic assistance to prevent a communist takeover of Greece and Turkey. Now, in the face of renewed Russian aggression in Europe, CNN's John Avlon considers the increasingly relevant legacy of the Truman Doctrine.

JOHN AVLON is a senior political analyst and fill-in anchor at CNN, appearing on New Day every morning. From 2013 to 2018, he was the editor-in-chief and managing director of The Daily Beast, during which time the site's traffic more than doubled to over one million readers a day while winning 17 journalism awards. He is the author of the books Lincoln and the Fight for Peace, Independent Nation, Wingnuts, and Washington’s Farewell as well as co-editor of the acclaimed Deadline Artists journalism anthologies. In 2012, he won the National Society of Newspaper Columnists award for best online column.

CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL is the oldest grandson of President Harry S. Truman and his wife, Bess. He is the son of author Margaret Truman and former New York Times Managing Editor E. Clifton Daniel, Jr. Mr. Daniel is honorary chairman of the board of the Truman Library Institute and board secretary of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. He is the author of Growing Up with My Grandfather: Memories of Harry S. Truman and Dear Harry, Love Bess: Bess Truman’s Letters to Harry Truman, 1919-1943. In addition to portraying his famous grandfather on stage, Mr. Daniel gives a series of lectures on various aspects of the Truman presidency and U.S. and White House history.