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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 17 Jan 2015

    Early draft of Pres. Dwight Eisenhower's warning about "military-industrial complex," delivered on TV tonight 1961:pic.twitter.com/4bYL9ysdWW

    2:49 PM - 17 Jan 2015
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      1. MícheálMacCumascaigh‏ @demicker 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        “@BeschlossDC: Eisenhower's warning "military-industrial complex," 1961: pic.twitter.com/HHuobDX52B”@Tyronetim67 @SlabberCart @tomfromireland

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      1. Horseman8‏ @Horseman_8 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @blueskiesatx clear to successors & has effectively neutered every sitting president since.

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      1. Horseman8‏ @Horseman_8 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @blueskiesatx MIC; fairly chicken shit imo. JFK had the cojones to act, costing him his life. The message was+

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      1. cmad‏ @cmadmax 17 Jan 2015
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        “@BeschlossDC: Early draft of Pres Eisenhower warning Re "military-industrial complex," delivered onTV tonight 1961: pic.twitter.com/5wdERsMJ9C”

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      1. Charles Randall‏ @C_M_Randall 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC Good thing we as a country heeded his warning... Oh, wait... Damn

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      1. Havrylak Kern‏ @HavrylakKern 17 Jan 2015
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        If anyone could see a growing danger in America's "Military-Industrial Complex" it's probably our greatest military-president. @BeschlossDC

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      1. Chris Hall‏Verified account @chrishallcbc 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC I love these gems. Thanks

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      2. Events Daily‏ @Tonycuz 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC Perfectly describes the entire Republican Party & their funding machine & about one-third of Dems. The last good Republican

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      2. Dan B‏ @idannyb 17 Jan 2015
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        .@BeschlossDC @kee_neow absolutely no one more credible to critique "MIC' than a Commander in Chief + former 5 star general

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      3. Kurtz‏ @kee_neow 17 Jan 2015
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        @idannyb @BeschlossDC Remarkably prescient.

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      2. Ricardo Harvin‏ @RicardoHarvin 17 Jan 2015
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC We didn't listen, & he was so right. We're now in a "1984" state of constant war, or near war, with ever shifting allies & foes

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      3. Ricardo Harvin‏ @RicardoHarvin 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC #MilitaryIndustrialComplex

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      1. Steve #MMT #JobGuarantee‏ @producersteve 18 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @SanhoTree lol "civil authority over the military establishment"... We wish

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      1. Chuck Wofford‏ @chuckwofford 18 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDCpic.twitter.com/ktEvzGJSyj

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      1. Paul Beirne‏ @Paulbeirne 18 Jan 2015
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        .@BeschlossDC "peace-oriented economy"...I think that was left behind

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      1. John Schmitt‏ @JohnSchmitt18 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC We have failed to read its grave implications.

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      1. Very Calm Arthur‏ @artgeo69 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC MIC = a most pernicious bipartisanship. Nearly there - all guns, no butter.

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      1. j. hirsch‏ @jhirsch99 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @robneyer Guess we didn't watch carefully enough. Now media-industrial complex same grave dangers too

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