What are you talking about, there are no “rhetorical devices”
A. but im second guessing myself hmmmmmmm......
Answer:
Therefore, as your President, performing my constitutional duty to "give to the Congress information of the state of the Union," I find it, unhappily, necessary to report that the future and the safety of our country and of our democracy are overwhelmingly involved in events far beyond our borders.
Explanation:
I think this is correct, though I'm not really sure what you're looking for.
