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FDR: I think you will realize that I have made a constant effort as Commander in Chief to keep politics out of the fighting…

On the recordNovember 16, 1942
I think you will realize that I have made a constant effort as Commander in Chief to keep politics out of the fighting of this war.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address to the New York Herald-Tribune Forum

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