06/12/1986
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"Today I announced my intention to nominate John N. Griesemer."
"I am convinced that the U.S. and the Soviet Union share a deep obligation to all humanity to get on with the urgent business of reducing nuclear arms."
"The United States is ready to do its part."
"I would answer that the facts would belie any such supposition."