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Eisenhower's "Military Industrial Complex" Speech

Washington, DC
Saturday, August 13, 2011

The Cato Institute held a forum in honor of the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower's farewell address in which he spoke to about the military-industrial complex.

In the opening session, President Eisenhower's granddaughter Susan Eisenhower spoke about the discovery of new materials related to the address and said that the issues raised in the speech are still relevant in the present.

Updated: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:19am (ET)

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