I told the King of my personal commitment to see peace in the Middle East become a true and lasting reality.

Let there be no doubt that the United States remains strongly committed to the pursuit of both effective deterrence and meaningful arms control.

We must keep a tight leash on Federal spending.

I look forward to the beginning of an exciting and successful program.

We have made remarkable progress.

Let me just say, though, lest you think I have a closed mind, if a miracle happened and someone came along with something that could be implemented better and sooner, obviously, we'd choose that.

The record, on the other hand, proves the reverse.

Let's get it done, and let's get the forces withdrawn so that we can proceed with the other steps.

That's not going to help the unemployed today.

I think our record—and incidentally, just yesterday I signed a paper with a group of minority small business people that is going to increase the amount of procurement that the Federal Government buys from minority-owned businesses.

Let us always remember we have no higher responsibility than safeguarding the security and freedom of our country.

I cannot sign that bill, I will have to veto, if it contains these various amounts that have been suggested because, in truth, these aren't job-creating bills.