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Eisenhower: “The pursuit of peace is at once our religious obligation and our national policy.”

On the recordOctober 19, 1954
The pursuit of peace is at once our religious obligation and our national policy.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Address at the American Jewish Tercentenary Dinner, New York City

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