Today we offer you our warm welcome and celebrate the solid friendship between our countries.

I do hereby proclaim January 28, 1988, as National Challenger Center Day.

Nannette Fabray MacDougall is a dedicated advocate for the handicapped.

Welcoming good friends to Washington and to the White House is one of my more pleasant responsibilities as President.

Much depends on Egypt and the United States.

I propose a toast to you, Mr. President, Mrs. Mubarak, the people of Egypt, and to the close and amicable ties that will continue between our peoples and our governments.

You can always get the truth from an American statesman after he has turned 70 or given up all hope of the Presidency.

I urge all Americans to continue their generous support and ready assistance to the work of the American Red Cross.

The administration has already upgraded the motor carrier functions within the Department.

Without the steady pressure created by an effective Nicaraguan Democratic Resistance supported by a determined United States, the Sandinistas will neither move toward democracy nor desist from aggression against their neighbors.

Such assistance is essential to enhance the national security of the United States by advancing the prospects for democracy in Nicaragua and security for all of Central America.

The national security of the United States is not an inexpensive proposition.