Ronald Reagan: “There is a gratitude throughout this country for the work you do, and a sensitivity to the burdens you bear.”

Yes, always has been.

That is, again, one of those things I should have said to your question.

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.

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.