This interview originally aired on In the Moment on SDPB Radio.
Steve Drummond is an award-winning senior editor and executive producer at NPR.
His new book "The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two" tells the story of a congressional committee that helped win a war and launch a senator into the White House.
Drummond joined Lori Walsh on In the Moment to discuss the Truman Committee. They dive into Harry S. Truman's time at war and as an investigator.
Plus, their conversation explores what lessons the success of the committee has to offer for today's Washington.
