Short Answer Using the strategy of A. P.E., answer the question that follows: A: Answer the question (sentence one) P: Prove your answer using relevant citations (quotes) from the text (sentence two) E: Explain how your proof answers the question (sentence three) Your answer should be at least three sentences. What is the persuasive message of President Johnson's speech? Of what does he attempt to convince his audience?

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the answer is b) ''i hereby express my profound remorse together with my sincere mourning ''.

the reason being that although all of the options provided are valid the main idea of the speech by prime minister junichiro koizumi is to express his and japan's current antiwar pledge.

he states that 59 years had passed since the war, he acknowledges the 3 million japanese that lost their lives during the war and those countries who were affected by their decisions, as well as the way japan intends to develop relationships across the globe however all of this can be summarize to how japan as a whole regrets the war and its consecuences.

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