I ask the House of Representatives and the Senate to act swiftly to renew assistance to the freedom fighters.

Prompt renewal of assistance to the resistance remains essential to advance the national security interests of the United States.

appointment of Albert D. Wheelon as a Member of the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee

I have said in the past and continue to maintain that our aid must be sufficient to sustain the Resistance in the field.

The North Atlantic alliance is the most successful in history.

Our fundamental purpose is to prevent war while preserving and extending the frontiers of freedom.

The proposal would alter the delivery arrangements to DOD responsibility, a notion which I am not prepared to accept.

The most direct threat to our security and to stability in Europe lies in the Soviet Union's massive military presence.

We cannot and will not put our peace and freedom, and that of our children and their children, at risk.

If we do not sustain the Nicaraguan Resistance, we face the prospect of a consolidated Marxist-Leninist regime on the American mainland.

The other could keep alive prospects for democracy and meaningful talks toward peace.

We seek a just and stable condition of peace in which the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states are respected and the rights of all individuals, including their right of political choice, are protected.