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Date	1953
Location	United States
Context	Cold War • Flexible Response • National Security Council

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nuclear weapon strategy United States Army United States Air Force United States Navy War on Poverty Great Leap Forward Intolerable Acts Townshend Acts Statute of Westminster Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Big Stick policy Proclamation of 1763 New Economic Policy Sugar Act

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

president of United States