Ronald Reagan: “I have the greatest admiration and respect for President Lopez Portillo.”

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.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

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.