Eisenhower: “Without this military strength our efforts to provide a shield for…”

On the recordDecember 2, 1959

Without this military strength our efforts to provide a shield for freedom and to preserve and strengthen peace would be futile.

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Republican · Kansas

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Radio and Television Address to the American People Before Leaving on Good Will Trip to Europe, Asia, and Africa.

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Eisenhower: “Without this military strength our efforts to provide a shield for freedom and to preserve and strengthen peace would be…”