Ronald Reagan: “I recommend that the Congress consider passage of a joint resolution to bring into force the Agreement of April 12…”

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

These unilateral reductions would, however, give a long-awaited encouragement for our efforts to achieve the genuine balance in conventional forces that would assure greater security and stability in Europe.