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''This is an excerpt from President Dwight D. Eisenhower Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle Eastthat became known as the Eisenhower Doctrine''
''It was delivered to Congress on January 5, 1957. Eisenhower requested legislation from Congress to allow the United States to take a central role in managing the Middle East.''