our friendship must remain deep, our alliance strong and bold.

once again, we offer you and Madame Chirac our warmest welcome.

And I just have to believe they'd be proud to know that the common commitment to freedom that served as the foundation of our friendship so long ago remains alive in the White House tonight.

I will do my share, as I said on March 4, 'to make the congressional oversight process work.'

Our message is clear to friend and foe alike: America stands with Europe.

I intend to become personally involved in meeting the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings target.

The choice is communism versus freedom, and I don't care what '60 Minutes' said last night about it.

Real family income is up, inflation last year at the lowest level in over 20 years, a greater percentage of our work force employed than ever before in our national history, and yes, the creation of more than 13 million new jobs.

I found that if you put the family together the world takes care of itself.

SDI is not now, nor will I ever permit it to become, a mere bargaining chip.

The truth is Congress must stick to its Gramm-Rudman-Hollings commitment, and do so without raising taxes.

We've almost 2 years yet to go and the show ain't over until the fat lady sings.