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Joseph Kennedy
@josephkennedy· Democratic · MA· Sep 8, 1960

The morale would have to be awfully weak, serving in the service, to weaken it still further.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Oct 16, 1956

Let us not forget, my friends, we keep defense forces to keep the peace.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Apr 24, 1956

I do want to point out there is a very, very long distance between a laboratory capacity or capability of doing something and making an instrument, a really efficient, effective instrument of war.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Apr 24, 1956

We are always keeping forces in the Mediterranean, as you well know.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jul 15, 1955

I came to Europe with an army, a navy, an air force, with a single purpose: to destroy Nazism.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jul 15, 1955

I came with the formations of war and all of the circumstances of war surrounded that journey at that time.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 27, 1955

The term 'duty as human acceleration or deceleration experimental subject' shall be construed to mean duty performed by members exposed as human acceleration or deceleration experimental subjects utilizing experimental acceleration or deceleration devices.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 27, 1955

The operation of those provisions of paragraph 3, subsection (d), section 514 of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947 which are applicable to the mandatory retirement of colonels of the Regular Army is hereby suspended until termination of the emergency proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2914 of December 16, 1950, or until June 30, 1957, or until a date specified by the Secretary of the Army, whichever is earliest, with respect to any colonel of the Regular Army who holds a temporary grade higher than that of colonel and whom the Secretary of the Army, in his discretion, selects for retention on the active list in the public interest.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Jun 2, 1955

It was a tremendous privilege and a great change from the killing of war to turn your armies to saving human lives and human dignity.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 25, 1955

So in the same fashion, other diseases coming under control have each had as one of the contributing factors these great dedicated officers, doctors and technicians, nurses and others of the Armed Services' Medical Corps.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· May 11, 1955

As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the United States I earnestly hope that all who can will accept this invitation to become better acquainted with the armed components of our National power for peace.

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Eisenhower
@eisenhower· Republican · KS· Apr 25, 1955

No matter what part of the country a serviceman comes from, no matter what his race or religion, he wants to feel confident that what he is doing is important to other human beings, and that they are grateful for it.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Aug 13, 1952

If you can arrive at about twelve fifteen I'll have General Smith and the Central Intelligence Agency give you a complete briefing on the foreign situation.

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Harry Truman
@harrytruman· Democratic · MO· Dec 23, 1951

Our hearts are saddened on this Christmas Eve by the suffering and the sacrifice of our brave men and women in Korea.

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