Richard Nixon: “I think we can say that this great free and independent nation, Austria, now symbolizes a bridge between East and West…”

I have done my very best in all the days since to be true to that pledge.

It is essential that we move ahead to revitalize the global trading system through multilateral negotiations.

And as I leave, let me say, that is an example I think all of us should remember.

It is regrettable that the Congress has seen fit to add to a bill of such importance to our national security a rider adversely affecting the constitutional separation of powers.