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James M. Jeffords: “I would like to take you back to when the highway program was started by President Eisenhower. As I remember, one of the…”

On the recordFebruary 9, 2004
I would like to take you back to when the highway program was started by President Eisenhower. As I remember, one of the big concerns at that time was the inability of this Nation to defend itself, some real problems that were created for the defense of this Nation, because the highway system from East to West and North to South was so poor that in the event we did get an invasion in different areas, we would have little or no chance to get the troops there and mobilize them on the scene. We recognized at that time we had serious defense problems unless we improved the infrastructure of the United States. Am I correct in my understanding of that?
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the historical context of the highway program initiated by President Eisenhower.

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