Ronald Reagan: “Today we mark one of those moments of passage and renewal that has kept our Republic alive and strong.”

The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

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.

Let us always take with us the spirit of vision, skill, and excellence.

I think he recognizes that their massive buildup has been responsible for the great economic crisis that he faces there in the Soviet Union.