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FDR: Then, as now, considerations of safety from overseas attack were fundamental.

On the recordSeptember 2, 1940
Then, as now, considerations of safety from overseas attack were fundamental.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Press Conference on Board President's Train En Route to Washington, D.C.

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