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The control, in the interest of the commerce and traffic of the whole civilized world, of the means of undisturbed transit across the Isthmus of Panama has become of transcendent importance to the United States.
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Roosevelt emphasizes the strategic importance of controlling the Panama Isthmus for global commerce.
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