Eisenhower: “WHEREAS it is essential that certain official information affecting the national defense be protected uniformly against…”

I assure you that our obligation to you is deep and lasting.

I feel now it would be futile for me to attempt anything else in the way of words.

For over six decades we have worked together to create and maintain strong democratic institutions.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.