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Woodrow Wilson: “The Constitution of the United States explicitly lays upon the President the duty of reporting at the beginning of each…”

On the recordJanuary 30, 1916
The Constitution of the United States explicitly lays upon the President the duty of reporting at the beginning of each annual session of Congress to the representatives of the people concerning the state of the Union.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at The Chicago Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois

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