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I am loath to endanger Americans in Mexico, where they are necessarily exposed, by taking a radical step to prevent injury to Americans on our side of the border who can avoid it by a temporary inconvenience.
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Taft expresses his reluctance to risk American lives in Mexico while trying to protect those on the U.S. side of the border.
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