Taking counsel of expert military and naval authorities, considering what is best for our own security, we are free to decide how much should be kept here and how much should be sent abroad to our friends who by their determined and heroic resistance are giving us time in which to make ready our own defense.
Roosevelt discusses the strategic decision-making regarding military resources for both domestic and allied defense.
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