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Eisenhower: The common label of 'foreign aid' is gravely misleading--for it inspires a picture of bounty for foreign countries at…

On the recordMay 20, 1957
The common label of 'foreign aid' is gravely misleading--for it inspires a picture of bounty for foreign countries at the expense of our own.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Need for Mutual Security in Waging the Peace.

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