Let me just say a word about those elections last March.

With our support, we expect that the steady progress toward more equitable distribution of wealth and power in El Salvador will continue.

The proclamation also reinforces this government's policy of promoting the United States fishing industry.

The nations of Central America are among our nearest neighbors.

I hope and believe it reflects a bipartisan spirit of putting people before party that will guide us all in meeting other national challenges in the days ahead.

The result has been a new lease on life for one of our most basic government programs, social security.

The United States will not sign the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention that was opened for signature on December 10.

The United States does not stand alone in those concerns.

The signs of recovery are springing up all around us, and there's no mistaking the fact that at long last America is on the mend.

Make no mistake. We want the same thing the people of Central America want-an end to the killing.

I am proclaiming today an Exclusive Economic Zone in which the United States will exercise sovereign rights in living and nonliving resources within 200 nautical miles of its coast.

I'm happy that a hard-working, dedicated, and thoroughly decent individual has been named as Secretary of that awesome job.

A strong, credible American defense is indispensable to protecting the peace.

Welcome to the team, and good luck.

We must continue to demonstrate our resolve not to allow the military balance to tip against the United States.

The United States will not start fights.

You have responded with a grace and straightforwardness that have won you countless admirers across the Nation.

I have been greatly disappointed that some persons have unjustly attacked you.