Maybe it's a good day to salute that because today the President of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel, came over to the Oval Office.

I hereby waive the application of subsections (a) and (b) of section 402 of said Act with respect to Czechoslovakia.

This evening, we honor two men who themselves have made history and made each American proud.

I know that the National Academy of Engineering shares this belief.

I'm reminded of the famous story of the guy that called the insurance company after it closed one evening.

Let me now present to Jack Kilby and Bob Noyce engineering's highest award, the Charles Stark Draper Prize.

These efforts, both private and public, will sustain the computer revolution.

I regret, however, that the Congress has included several provisions in the Act that raise constitutional difficulties.

I shall construe all these provisions to be merely precatory as well.

I therefore shall construe section 407 to be advisory.

I have signed today H.R. 3792, the 'Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991.'

I hereby proclaim February 16, 1990, as Lithuanian Independence Day.

I wish to take this opportunity to reaffirm an important Executive order.

I owe it to the children of America to guarantee them that we will do everything we can to cut out the demand for narcotics in the United States.

The scourge of illicit drug trafficking and consumption respects no borders, threatens national security, and erodes the economic and social structures of our nations.

I wouldn't be here if I didn't strongly support his efforts to fight drugs.

The memorandum of understanding will help diminish the flow of U.S. light arms and other items to drug traffickers in the Andean countries.

I certify that significant progress has been made in the negotiations.

The Parties undertake to support development and expansion of programs on comprehensive prevention.

I look forward to working with the Congress on the necessary legislation to implement Phase II of our economic recovery program for Panama.

I think it's just the opposite.

I want to thank Congress for acting rapidly on this legislation.

This troop agreement is one of them.

I am delighted that the 23 members of the Vienna negotiations on conventional forces in Europe accepted the NATO initiative.

These steps, along with the inspiring march of democracy in Eastern Europe, bring within sight the objective that I have stressed throughout the first year of my Presidency: a Europe that is whole and free.