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FDR: it is our clear duty to further every effort toward peace but at the same time to protect our Nation.

On the recordJanuary 27, 1938
it is our clear duty to further every effort toward peace but at the same time to protect our Nation.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Recommending Increased Defense Appropriations

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