The President's News Conference
02/23/1988
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For the United States there is no more important relationship than our tie with Canada.
And for our own part, my nominee—and he has accepted—is Drew Lewis, the former Secretary of Transportation, who has agreed to take on this t...
Today Canadian-American relations are good, as good as they've ever been.
Working together, Canada and the United States can accomplish great things for the cause of a safer, freer, and more prosperous world.