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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

    Eisenhower had originally intended to say “military-industrial-Congressional” complex but decided that this would be too “provocative."

    4:12 PM - 17 Jan 2015
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      1. Events Daily‏ @Tonycuz 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @MJayRosenberg Ike knew corporations did business with Germany before, DURING & after the war. R-Wing want you to forget that

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      1. Pete Smillie‏ @mequantum 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC The damage is done, but we should be yelling it from the rooftops now. Congress & Scotus need to be eradicated, not provoked.

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      1. Chuck Wofford‏ @chuckwofford 18 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC Shows even Five Star Generals are afraid of Congressional Clowns...pic.twitter.com/yOSDJFh3rI

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      1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @EricKleefeld The now-sainted "Scoop" Jackson was prime example of this: military pork galore.

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      1. Peter Meyer‏ @nativetxdude 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC dude played golf 800 times as president. The mint Juleps went to his head on that one, no doubt.

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      2. Eric Kleefeld‏ @EricKleefeld 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC All for the better: To single out Congress would've implicitly excluded the executive branch from its share of culpability.

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      2. Justin Raimondo‏ @JustinRaimondo 18 Jan 2015
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC @daveweigel RINO

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      3. Faraz Fakhteh‏ @FarazFakhteh 18 Jan 2015
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        @JustinRaimondo @BeschlossDC @daveweigel the guy who actually did the fighting !

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      1. Paul Meisel‏ @PaulMeisel 18 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @CollinMeisel Yeah, can't piss off those congressmen.

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      1. Matt Pollicove‏ @mattpoll 18 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC maybe, but it would have been the truth

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      1. Iam‏ @OatileSandile 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC Source please ?

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      1. Thomas J. Colatrella‏ @TJWoodstockNY 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @daveweigel And Nixon Committed Treason Sabotaging the 1968 Vietnam Peace Agreement murdering thousands of US Troops, IE LBJ.!

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      1. unitron‏ @the_unitron 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @srjones66 So they used extra letters back then to spell "true"?

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      1. Squi und Drang‏ @samunddrang 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @daveweigel C. Wright Mills as fuck.

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      1. Curt Engeland‏ @cengeland 17 Jan 2015
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        @BeschlossDC @daveweigel So truthful.

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