On the recordJune 6, 1991
USIA is founded on the belief, the certainty, if you will, that ideas matter, especially to this nation, a nation founded on the idea of freedom.
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presidency.ucsb.eduUSIA is founded on the belief, the certainty, if you will, that ideas matter, especially to this nation, a nation founded on the idea of freedom.
Remarks at the Swearing-In Ceremony for Henry Catto as Director of the United States Information Agency
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