Lottery: One of the Worst Threats to Our National Security

On January 5, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appeared before a United States joint session of Congress to gain support for a policy that will become to be known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. The doctrine holds that the United States of America would be authorized to provide military assistance to protect and secure the territorial integrity of any Middle Eastern countries threatened by communist aggression. All a Middle Eastern country needed to do was to raise their hands. This will mark th…