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  2. Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Outgoing president Dwight D. Eisenhower and President-elect John F. Kennedy at the White House on December 6, 1960. The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1951, established a two-term limit for the presidency. As the amendment had not applied to President Truman, Eisenhower became the first president constitutionally limited ...

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    Dwight David Eisenhower [a] (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969), also known by his nickname Ike, was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961.

  4. Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address - Wikipedia

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    Eisenhower served as president for two full terms from January 1953 to January 1961, and was the first U.S. president to be term-limited from seeking re-election again. He had overseen a period of considerable economic expansion, even as the Cold War deepened. Three of his national budgets had been

  5. Timeline of the Dwight D. Eisenhower presidency - Wikipedia

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    January 4 – President Eisenhower issues a memorandum on the Red Cross to the heads of departments and agencies. President Eisenhower states his wishes for a continuation of the "consistently high standard of generous giving" to the Red Cross that has traditionally been supplied by the federal government's personnel. [18]

  6. Chance for Peace speech - Wikipedia

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    His farewell address was "a bookend" to his Chance for Peace speech. [ 1 ] [ 8 ] In that speech, he implored Americans to think to the future and "not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow", [ 9 ] but the large peacetime military budgets that became established during his administration have continued for half a century.

  7. The Chilling Letter Eisenhower Drafted in Case the ... - AOL

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    As they stormed the beaches, General Dwight D. Eisenhower's confident words summed up the incredible significance of their mission: "You are about to embark upon a great crusade, toward which we ...

  8. Presidential transition of Dwight D. Eisenhower - Wikipedia

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    A presidential transition was guaranteed to occur in 1952 when incumbent president Harry S. Truman declined to run for reelection. [2] This would be the first post-election presidential transition to take place following the ratification of the Twentieth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which shortened the duration of such presidential transitions from four months to just over two ...

  9. 1958 State of the Union Address - Wikipedia

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    The 1958 State of the Union Address was given by Dwight D. Eisenhower, the 34th president of the United States, on Thursday, January 9, 1958, to the 85th United States Congress in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. [3] It was Eisenhower's sixth State of the Union Address.