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==United States Senate==
==United States Senate==
[[image:Washpost1950.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Washington Post, February 12, 1950; McCarthy's speech in Wheeling and letter to President Truman are cited in the article titled "Security Risks" to the lower left of the photo.]]
It was McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration of the State Department that shot him into prominence in 1950. On February 9th speech in Wheeling, [[West Virginia]] at the Colonnade Room of the McClure Hotel he stated:
It was McCarthy's charges of Communist infiltration of the State Department that shot him into prominence in 1950. On February 9th speech in Wheeling, [[West Virginia]] at the Colonnade Room of the McClure Hotel he stated: