Richard Nixon actually said...

I can only say that it is a friendship that will continue in the years ahead.

I woke quite early this morning, at 7:30, and it was raining, and all of the splendid honor guards that had trained for weeks for your arriv...

And I can add this: that the independence and the integrity of Pakistan is a cornerstone of American foreign policy.

Now as you arrive at 10:30 today, the skies have cleared, and so your country, which has had the ravages of floods--you now see clear skies.