Statement on Michael K. Deaver
09/22/1988
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We've only heard the same as you've heard: that he has been suggesting doing something of this kind.
Let us remember that the Soviet preponderance in military power in Europe remains, an asymmetry that offends our Jeffers...
Naturally, I heartily approve.
The objective of the United States remains, as always, a comprehensive peace in the Middle East.