Ronald Reagan: “I intend to nominate Helmuth A. Merklein to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy.”

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.

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

This is a great day.

It was a message of peace.