Ronald Reagan: “It is the policy of the Administration to place higher priority on funding the operation and maintenance of existing…”

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

We have not come this far through lack of strength or any weakness in our resolve, nor has there been anything inevitable about what we've achieved.

Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffersonian senses.

Naturally, I heartily approve.