Ronald Reagan: “My proposal would reform this doctrine and prevent it from being used as another tool to let guilty criminals off the…”

Well, that wasn't a proposal. That was a decision that has been made.

Neither treaty has been ratified because they were not verifiable in their original form.

I expressed to President Gorbachev my confidence that the work we began together at Geneva in 1985 will continue under the Bush administration.

We must and will dedicate ourselves as a Nation to continue this effort, and to stand in solidarity with those who resist, until the blessings of democracy, freedom, and respect for human dignity are assured throughout the world.