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Eisenhower: “In the first place, this is my section of the world.”

On the recordOctober 15, 1953
In the first place, this is my section of the world.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Dedication of the American Hereford Building, Kansas City, Missouri.

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