Richard Nixon: “Reduction of tensions, therefore, between us has become the foremost requirement of American foreign policy.”

I firmly believe that our current fiscal situation demands national unanimity on the issues of a larger concern.

I invite the Governors of the States and of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and other officials at the local level to issue similar proclamations.

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.

May God's grace be with you in all the days ahead.