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Which event prompted President Franklin D. Roosevelt to ask the U.S. Congress to repeal the embargo provisions of the Neutrality Acts?

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Democratic President Franklin Roosevelt and especially Secretary of State Cordell Hull were critical of the Neutrality Acts for fear that they would restrict the administration's options to support friendly nations.

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