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FDR: The need of the moment is that our actions and our policy should be devoted primarily--almost exclusively--to meeting…

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The need of the moment is that our actions and our policy should be devoted primarily--almost exclusively--to meeting this foreign peril.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Roosevelt stresses the urgency of focusing on foreign threats over domestic issues during a crisis.

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