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 Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell Address  delivered 17 January 1961 Audio mp3 of Address Plug-in required for flash audio click for pdf  click for flash   [AUTHENTICITY CERTIFIED: Text version below transcribed directly from audio. (2)] Good evening, my fellow Americans. First, I should like to expre

Dwight David Eisenhower   Introduction For some time, military historians have been exploring the proposition that service in the Armed Forces of our Nation has been instrumental in preparing a notable number of Americans for positions of senior leadership in the government. Military service played a vital role,

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Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 Military-Industrial Complex Speech, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961 Public Papers of the Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960, p. 1035- 1040 My fellow Americans: Three days from now, after half a century in the service of our country, I shall lay down the res

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