The review process which we have begun will be objective, complete and fair.

It is essential to involve the Congress in developing a coherent water resource policy.

I want to insure that our future water resource policies meet the real needs of this nation.

My decision was not arbitrary and that no arbitrary decisions will be made in the future.

I have heard from many members of Congress about my decision to review water projects.

This is a year when I believe the chances are fairly good for progress.

I am determined that we make every effort to reverse this trend.

The Office of Drug Abuse Policy shall be responsible for carrying out the Congressional mandate specified in the law.

There was no doubt in my mind that Paul Warnke is the best man in this country to represent our Nation in dealing with the Soviet Union and, later, with all nuclear powers in reduction of nuclear threat to us.

I am adding the Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget as fully participating members of the Council.

I will nominate Daniel H. Brill to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

I am confident that you will provide your full support to ODAP and the Strategy Council in the performance of their tasks.

I look forward to early confirmation of the nominations which I have sent to the Senate.

I doubt, though, that there is a more significant appointment that can be made than the one that we are consummating this afternoon with the swearing in of Paul Warnke as the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

I am abolishing the Cabinet-level committees concerned with international narcotics control, drug abuse prevention, and drug law enforcement created by previous Administrations.

For 30 years now, we've had with us the destructive power of atomic weapons, and we've almost become complacent about the terrible nature of the threat that exists.

I want to pledge to him this afternoon that I personally, as President, and our Secretary of State, other officials in our executive branch of Government, I think the unanimous Members of the Congress, and the American people all wish him…

I believe that the people of our country can rest assured that in the years to come, that our quality of life will never be abridged nor will it deteriorate.