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FDR: adequate defense means that for the protection not only of our coasts but also of our communities far removed from the…

On the recordJanuary 27, 1938
adequate defense means that for the protection not only of our coasts but also of our communities far removed from the coast, we must keep any potential enemy many hundred miles away from our continental limits.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Message to Congress Recommending Increased Defense Appropriations

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