The President's News Conference
09/16/1985
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Today, we're reaping the returns that we've realized from our investment in space.
No country can sustain that kind of position.
The danger that we're in today was voiced by Dwight Eisenhower in a letter to a publisher back in 1956.
The symbolism of that day is important enough that I'll sign that legislation when it reaches my desk.