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This item is a transcript of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Message to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Japan. The address was delivered by Roosevelt to a Joint Session of Congress on December 8, 1941, the day following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
This transcript was made by the White House official stenographer of Roosevelt's speech as it was actually delivered. Words that Roosevelt added to the speech as he delivered it are indicted with underlining. Words in parentheses indicate words in the prepared written text that were omitted during delivery. Applause intervals also are indicated in parentheses.
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