Ronald Reagan actually said...

We are very proud of you, and you know how much all of us here, down below, are rooting for you up there.

Such recognition will be in the national interest.

The unemployment, as I've said so many times before, is the last of the indicators that comes up as you're coming out of a recession.

Our two nations bear a tremendous responsibility for peace in a dangerous time—a responsibility that we don't take lightly.