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Eisenhower: “We must not allow concentration on our military might to divert us from other essential objectives of our national…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 1958
We must not allow concentration on our military might to divert us from other essential objectives of our national security program.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Special Message to the Congress on the Mutual Security Program.

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