Eisenhower library head resigns after White House asks to gift historic sword to King Charles III

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The head of a presidential library has resigned following a spat with the White House over an historic sword. Sources are telling CBS News this White House or the White House wanted a sword out of the Eisenhower Presidential Library's collection to give to King Charles last month during President Trump's unprecedented second state visit to the United Kingdom. The head of the library located in Kansas resisted and later stepped down.

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A replica was given instead. President Dwight D. Eisenhower possessed a number of notable swords, and officials are President Dwight D. Eisenhower possessed a number of notable swords, and officials are telling CBS News the White House played no role in the career historian's exit.

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