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Eisenhower: “But for me to try to say what percentage of these things is absolutely necessary to the existence of this country for…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 1954
But for me to try to say what percentage of these things is absolutely necessary to the existence of this country for another year or until the next session, that is going too far for me.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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