10/15/1981
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"It's an honor and a pleasure to welcome you on your first official visit to the United States."
"Mali represents a country where people of different ethnic and religious backgrounds respect each other and live together in peace."
"The greatest flowering of moral, spiritual, and economic growth ever witnessed by this universe is being experienced by those who are truly liberated and who are truly free."
"You and all the people of Mali are good friends of the United States."