FDR: “For this is a global war, and it will cost this nation nearly one…”

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For this is a global war, and it will cost this nation nearly one hundred billion dollars in 1943.

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Roosevelt outlines the immense financial cost of the global war for the nation.

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FDR: “For this is a global war, and it will cost this nation nearly one hundred billion dollars in 1943.”