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[PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT]
THE ATTACK YESTERDAY
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ON THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
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HAS CAUSED SEVERE DAMAGE
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TO AMERICAN NAVAL
AND MILITARY FORCES.
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I REGRET TO TELL YOU
THAT MANY AMERICAN LIVES
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HAVE BEEN LOST.
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BUT ALWAYS
WILL OUR WHOLE NATION
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REMEMBER THE CHARACTER
OF THE ONSLAUGHT AGAINST US.
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[APPLAUSE]
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I HOPE HE SAYS
SOMETHING
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ABOUT
THE PHILIPPINES.
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MY BOY'S
AT CLARK FIELD.
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NO MATTER HOW LONG
IT MAY TAKE US
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TO OVERCOME THIS
PREMEDITATED INVASION,
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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
IN THEIR RIGHTEOUS MIGHT,
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WILL WIN THROUGH
TO ABSOLUTE VICTORY.
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[APPLAUSE]
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WE WILL NOT ONLY
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DEFEND OURSELVES
TO THE UTTERMOST,
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BUT WILL MAKE IT
VERY CERTAIN
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THAT THIS
FORM OF TREACHERY
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SHALL NEVER AGAIN
ENDANGER US.
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WITH CONFIDENCE
IN OUR ARMED FORCES,
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WITH THE UNBOUNDING
DETERMINATION OF OUR PEOPLE,
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WE WILL GAIN
THE INEVITABLE TRIUMPH,
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SO HELP US GOD.
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I ASK THAT
THE CONGRESS DECLARE
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A STATE OF WAR.
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[APPLAUSE]