Ronald Reagan: “I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Alfred Hugh Kingon to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.”

Yes, I would be deeply disappointed.

But there's nothing I can say that would make the situation right.

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.

We've only heard the same as you've heard: that he has been suggesting doing something of this kind.