The Cato Institute held a forum in honor of the 50th anniversary of President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address in which he spoke about the military-industrial complex. In the opening session, President Eisenhower’ granddaughter Susan Eisenhower spoke about the discovery of new materials related to the address and said that the issues raised in the speech are still relevant in the present. After her remarks, a panel of former government officials talked about relations between the civilian sector and the military, and the relationship has changed since President Eisenhower’s time.