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Eisenhower: “We must seek less tragic, less costly ways to defend ourselves.”

On the recordMay 20, 1957
We must seek less tragic, less costly ways to defend ourselves.
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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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