litary. We then see an American policy of expansion for NATO when ithelps vote to accede Greece and Turkey. Next the US supports one of the NATO militarycommands by stationing the Headquarters for the Allied Command Atlantic in Norfolk, Virginia. To close this period out we see General Eisenhower elected to be President and by thisoccurrence we can almost be assured, as we will, that US interests will lie heavily on NATObecause of the fact that Eisenhower served as a military leader for one of NATOs militarycommands. Not only did General Eisenhower serve as a leader but he was the first leader of aNATO military command.The next and third foreign policy attitude was called the Congressional Acquiescenceperiod and lasted from 1955 to 1965. In this period you see the two parties put their differencesaside and together they supported the president in foreign policy. There was only one thorn in theside of making foreign policy and that was McCarthy. McCarthy spent everyday accusingAcheson and Truman of treason and allowing communist infiltration into America. Not a daywent by without McCarthy asking for the resignation of Acheson and the impeachment ofTruman. Amidst all of this chaos we see America go full fledged to support NATO more than ithas ever. We also see that because of the United States role in NATO it joins in many moretreaties, pacts, and alliances than it has ever before. To start things out President Eisenhowerclaims publicly that he will keep troops in Europe for as long as they are needed there. Then wesee more of an expansion policy when, again, America helps vote to accede Germany. On August2, 1952 we see the Canadian and US NATO air defense integrate and station headquarters inColorado Springs, Colorado. Next, the US takes a bold step with the UK in publicly claiming orproposing the interdependence of all countries in the free world which was a direct challenge tothe USSR. More contributory policy then occurs...
