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Defense Reorganization Act

United States · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1958

Dwight David Eisenhower6 August 1958

Washington · Government / Republican Party Government

Signs legislation strengthening the authority of the Secretary of Defense and improving unified military command arrangements.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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