07/13/1986
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"I knew the need a year ago and asked him to wait for a year."
"I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate William Laurens Van Alen."
"I have decided that we should move forward now with a program to repair the Nation's major highways and bridges."
"The best survivability, and thus the best deterrence, lies in the modernization of all three legs of the Triad."