The President's News Conference
03/16/1954
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I signed this with really the prayerful hope that we may be able, with that amount, to sustain the essential interests of the United States ...
Those casualties were required from us in order to support our security in the world and to stand firmly behind the cause of freedom.
You cannot stand aside and see America's interest deteriorate throughout the world just by inaction.
I most earnestly hope that the Congress will support this particular part of the bill to the full.