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On February 25th, 1898, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt cabled naval commaders in the Pacific to plan military action against Spain. When President McKinley found out what Roosevelt had done, he ordered all ships but Admiral George Dewey to be withdrawn. Dewey's objective was to attack the Spanish fleet in the Phillipines, and he defeated it in seven hours.

Information Provided by: America: Pathways to the Present (pg. 360) Picture provided by: http://penkaushistory.com/theodore-roosevelt-picture.jpg