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FDR: Never have we as a nation attempted to define the word 'defense' in terms of a specific attack at a certain place at a…

On the recordJuly 9, 1940
Never have we as a nation attempted to define the word 'defense' in terms of a specific attack at a certain place at a certain time or with specified land and sea forces.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress on Appropriations for National Defense

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