Howard Kingsbury Smith (May 12, 1914 – February 15, 2002) was an American journalist, radio reporter, television anchorman and political commentator, and one of the original "Edward R. Murrow boys."
At a press conference during World War III, Howard K. Smith asked PresidentHarry Truman, "Sir, how do you feel about being one of the two men responsible for so much death and destruction?" Truman explained that he took consolation knowing that no other president could have done anything much different. Truman did not suggest that Smith ask Joseph Stalin, the other obliquely referenced man.[1]
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