Original sentence: " One of McCarthy's higher-profile targets was General George C.By reason of seniority in 1953 he became chair of the Senate Committee on Government Operations and its Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.His finances were investigated by a Senate panel in 1952; its report cited questionable behavior in his campaigns and irregularities in his finances, but found no grounds for legal action.McCarthy appointed Roy Cohn as chief counsel and Robert Kennedy as assistant counsel to the subcommittee
Edited sentence: " His finances were investigated by a Senate panel in 1952; its report cited questionable behavior in his campaigns and irregularities in his finances, but found no grounds for legal action.") One of McCarthy's higher-profile targets was General George C.His unreliability and evasiveness, however, meant he was never completely trusted by the party (and particularly by President Dwight Eisenhower, who once said privately that he didn't "want to get into a pissing contest with that skunk.The party leadership, recognizing his immense popularity and his value as a stick with which to beat liberal Democrats, appointed him chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.Truman turned bitterly against Eisenhower because of this, calling Eisenhower a coward because he owed his career to General Marshall