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On the recordSeptember 2, 1957
I think I need say to none of you that if you would attempt in any of these countries to deploy there American forces at the strength needed to provide the deterrents that are now being provided by native forces, we would, first of all, have to go to very large drafts at home.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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