In response to increased hostilities in the Middle East following the Suez Crisis, President Dwight Eisenhower announces a shift in American Middle East policy, known as the Eisenhower Doctrine. The doctrine allowed the United States to defend, aid, and supply friendly Middle Eastern states that faced Communist aggression.
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