Biden invokes FDR's 'arsenal of democracy' to boost arms making

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time address to the nation calling for support for Israel, as well as for Ukraine. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Joe Biden invoked President Franklin Roosevelt's World War II-era phrase "arsenal of democracy" in an Oval Office speech that sought to convince the nation of the need to support both Ukraine and Israel.

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