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"Support the President." Though he was a Senate mainstay in helping push through controversial programs for Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, Green authored no major bills and restricted his floor speeches to crisp little talks. The high point of his congressional career came in 1957 when, at 89, he became chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, succeeding Georgia's venerable Walter George. For two years Green did a creditable job, holding to his maxim: "In the field of foreign policy, if in doubt, support the President."