Ronald Reagan: “I commend the Senate for passing today the central element of the down payment plan to cut projected deficits.”

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.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.

We must remain strong and free of illusion.