Ronald Reagan: “Together we can keep not just the State of New York, but America headed ever upward.”

We must remain strong and free of illusion.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

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.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.