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On the recordApril 1, 1917
It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany

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