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I am confident that after the sinking of the Lusitania, the United States would have entered the world war, if President Wilson's tenure of power had then depended upon a vote of confidence.
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Beck expresses confidence that the U.S. would have entered World War I sooner if President Wilson's position depended on a confidence vote.
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