Eisenhower: “we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence…”

On the recordJanuary 16, 1961

we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

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Republican · Kansas

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Eisenhower warned about the military-industrial complex's potential for undue influence in policymaking.

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