The U.S. At War: CHURCHILL TO CONGRESS

The Occasion. "I feel gratefully honored that you should have thus invited me to enter the United States Senate chamber. ... I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British, instead of the other way around, I might have got here on my own. In that case, this would not have been the first time you would have heard my voice. ... I would not have needed any invitation, but if I had it is hardly likely that it would have been unanimous."

The U.S. "I have been impressed and encouraged by ... [finding]...

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