George H.W. Bush

Relations between Italy and the United States have never been stronger.

I am proud to nominate Jacqueline Jones-Smith.

I offer this toast to old friends and also to the new Italy: a great and growing economic power.

I am pleased to announce my intention to nominate David E. Lewis to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Acquisition and Facilities.

America has always been the New World, discovered by your great adventurer, Columbus.

And so, tonight I offer this toast to old friends and also to the new Italy: a great and growing economic power, one of the world's foremost democracies, a strong and valued ally and a partner in the community of free nations.

I strongly commit to supporting the process of economic and political reform in Poland and Hungary.

I do place great importance on the meetings that we had this morning, speaking with candor and from the heart, as friends, just the way it ought to be.

Barbara and I are delighted to have this opportunity to renew our friendship and to return the hospitality that we've felt on every one of our visits to your country.

The Summit Declaration was designed to chart a new course for NATO in a period of change in the East-West relations.

He showed, like Little League, that what matters is how we conduct ourselves off as well as on the field.

You know, we lost a man recently who embodied that spirit -- the former president of Yale and then commissioner of baseball.

And in this special year for the Little League, the 50th anniversary of the world's largest organized youth sports program, your special team brought the title back -- right back to where the Little League began.

All four of the Bush kids played it. I coached it.

I do hereby proclaim the week beginning October 8, 1989, as National School Lunch Week.

Let me again congratulate Trumbull, Connecticut: You truly are number one.

Your special team brought the title back -- right back to where the Little League began.

You know, Casey Stengel once asked of the early 1960's Mets: 'Can anybody here play this game?'.

This Trumbull team was special because it kept its eye on the ball.

Trumbull is special because of a feeling of family.

You truly are number one.

I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth.

And it was special because of self-discipline and hard work.

I do hereby proclaim October 9, 1989, as Leif Erikson Day.

It is my intention to encourage recruiting from as many sources as possible in order to secure a large corps of qualified workers who are mindful of the Bureau's obligation to conduct the most accurate census practicable.