Ronald Reagan

I accept your resignation as Administrator of the Small Business Administration with sincere regret.

Your visit today reaffirms our friendship, and all Americans thank you for that reaffirmation.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate Robert W. Gambino to be Deputy Inspector General.

Implementation agency and department heads will forward to the NSC implementing instructions on these procedures no later than March 15, 1982.

The importance of exercise and the link which exists between regular physical activity and such qualities as good health and effective performance.

The government’s purpose is to provide the law and a framework in which all people can achieve success.

I intend to nominate James G. Stearns to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

The United States remains committed to the multilateral treaty process for reaching agreement on Law of the Sea.

Please understand that you and the other members of the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families are not alone as you pursue your brave and determined effort for emigration.

I am determined to continue our efforts, and am hopeful that a solution can be found.

I am announcing today that the United States will return to those negotiations and work with other countries to achieve an acceptable treaty.

Please accept, Mr. President, my best wishes on behalf of all Americans, for good health in your well deserved retirement.

Your name is synonymous with the independent spirit of the Finnish people.

Franklin Roosevelt was the first President I ever saw.

This task force will be similar to the one we established for the city of Atlanta.

Your departure from office marks the end of an era, not only in Finland, but in annals of statesmanship.

It is my belief that the Federal Government has a special responsibility to fill in temporarily and do what it can to reduce and, hopefully, eliminate these problems.

Maybe that was F.D.R.'s greatest gift to us.

I think there's a basic reason for this, one that Franklin Roosevelt understood as well as anyone.

We regard that election, which completed the return to civilian government from military rule, to be an excellent example for the region.

Spain's strategic location, and human and material resources, will make a major contribution to the security of the Alliance.

Together, we have created an effective Federal strike force to combat waste and fraud in government.

We intend to keep the peace.

Together, we have started returning power and resources to the people.

I will not ask you to try to balance the budget on the backs of the American taxpayers.