President Eisenhower's News Conference of March 7, 1956
1956-3-7
President Eisenhower makes a brief statement about legislation before the Congress and then takes questions from reporters. Topics include whether or not Eisenhower wants Richard Nixon as vice-president for his second term, the way in which Eisenhower's health might affect his campaign for president and his subsequent presidency, the Bricker amendment, arms sales to Saudi Arabia, written exchanges with Premier Nikolay Aleksandrovich Bulganin of the Soviet Union and the Soviet political climate, the dismissal of British Lieutenant General John Bagot Glubb from his post, a possible halt to the production of fissionable materials for war, a future meeting with Mexican and Canadian leaders, and guided missiles.




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