 It's all right to keep on eating, and push her in the bush and everything, and you can't do it. I'm just going to turn on the siren. I say, it's all right to keep on eating here, this is just our role, this is nothing, the news. So I'm pleased that all of you could join me in breakfast this morning for our class reunion. And last time we met, we focused on economic and defense issues, and we made some good progress in both fronts. I assume we're all still in the same class, we all came in together as fresh ones. But now on the economic side, all the indications are that we're making real progress, and we've laid the groundwork for a sustained economic growth, and I'm confident that we can keep this country moving in that right direction. Just recently, we announced a new INF work negotiating position, and I've also had an opportunity to express my views on our national security needs to the country, and it seems that the Soviet Union has gotten a message this morning that something's going on. The IMX Commission will report its recommendations very shortly, and I've outlined our intention to initiate development of a defensive strategic capability, which might involve a dangerous spiral of more and more destructive offensive nuclear weapons. I've been abused by some of the treatment of that in the press about this defensive weapon, ranging all the way to Star Wars to an impossibility. Maybe you'd like to be reminded, if you don't know already or have a thought about that, Admiral Leahy in World War II was vehement in his presentation to Franklin Donald Roosevelt that the atomic bomb could never succeed and would not even go off. And then a few years later, when Eisenhower was president, that of our Bush great nuclear scientist said that the idea that you could create a missile to emerge from a silo in this country and land on a target in another continent was absolutely impossible and never could be done. I only say that for those people that say that it's impossible to find a defensive weapon. I'll say that if we try and can't find them. I think a good deal of our success so far, and what has been accomplished, has been the kind of teamwork we've seen operating between the administration and the Republican Senate. And I hope this will continue in the months ahead as we consider the important legislative items that are on the agenda. Speaking of the agenda, I think the 98th Congress is already off to a good start having passed both the jobs bill and the major social security package. And I appreciate your help on these two important matters. I know that those of you who are members of the Budget Committee are in the midst of marking up the first concurrent budget resolution. That will be a very important item on everyone's agenda. I'm particularly concerned as some of you know about the defense function. I've reviewed our defense program carefully and will continue to do so. But I believe that it does reflect basic requirements that we must have to rebuild the defenses in a useful time frame. I know there's some disagreement on this matter, but I hope you'll remember that we have already modified the defense program several times and simply can't afford a large reduction, another one this year. When the debate starts, I hope you'll remember that we need one. When we proposed the increase over the Carter Projected Defense Budget of $116 billion, that since then we've reduced that $116 by $60 billion ourselves and we'll continue to try and find every area we can. As I mentioned earlier, we'll also have that MX Commissions Report shortly and I hope that this is something that will be favorably received by the Congress. We'll be working closely with the Hill on this issue and I'll have more to say about this in the near future when I receive all the details from the Commission. We've also been working very hard on a number of foreign policy issues. El Salvador, the Arms Control Negotiations. One of my particular concerns to me is the nomination of County Edelman to serve as Director of Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. I have every confidence in his ability and I know that he can serve as a strong and effective advocate of the Arms Control and I hope that the Senate will act expeditiously and approving on this ratification. There are a number of other items I know we should discuss and I also want to have an opportunity for some general discussion. So before I do that, I'm going to quit talking and I'm going to ask our distinguished majority leader for a few questions. It's a pleasure to know you, to meet you, well. This is our case. Hello there. I miss you so much. Hello there. That's all. I think they would like us, you and I will go over there. All right, all right. And then you can join us. Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. Would you like to ask a question? No, thank you. And we need you to basically think about the natural disaster that we're going to work into. If it's possible. If it is, I certainly would. Thank you very much. I want to do what we can to help and certainly offer our sympathy. Thank you very much. Disaster. Thank you very much. We have a very new, six months old. Yes. 18 years of military duty. I know. What a disaster to have. I absolutely appreciate your cooperation. We know, we are very good at all. We are very good at things. Thank you. Thank you. It doesn't always rain in the washroom. It's really so long. You know, in the archipelago, it's ever normal, but I understand at the same time at the same time that down there, the south animal, and around there, the group around the group, the boy and I, I was having a drought. I guess that's what we have now. The President is going to have a lot of fun. A lot of fun. Well, it's all over the way. Welcome. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Pleasure to have you. Pleasure to have you. Well, nice to see you. Nice to be here. All right. Thank you very much, sir. It's a great pleasure to be here. Thank you, Mr. How do you do? You and I would both appreciate it as a council. Mr. President, I'm very honored to be here. Well, it's great to be here. Great honor. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. President. So, our youngest daughter. Our youngest daughter. Please to meet you. And this is one of us. How are you? Please to meet you. But you and I will go over there and have a picture taken and then you will all join us for a group meeting. Thank you very much. Thank you. Present your picture. Yes. You're to the right side. Thank you. By the way. The trade is big as well. Yes. The trade is very good. It warms your daughter. My president, friends, please return on our behalf. This is leadership. Any day or death, if you want. The impress upon them is that how much good it would do. Thank you very much. Thank you very much, sir. Please to have you. Candice. Candice. This is a daughter. Hi. Pedro. Pedro? All right. Investors. My son. Yes. Well, you want to, as I say, join our visit. These relations will continue. Thank you. I think they want us to thank you. All right. Please. Thank you. Thank you. Well, we just might as well sing you a song. Thank you. Thank you. I would love to thank you very much. Yes. The Ambassador of People's Republic of China. Yes, Mr. Ambassador. Well, I should have pressed them these days. Thank you very much. I think they want pictures. You'll be seated over here for a few minutes. Yeah. And we'll exchange our papers. And then we'll go on to get up in front of the fireplace and you can join us and we'll head. I'll take care of that. Thank you. It was in this relationship to have things break apart and I know there are some problems, but I'm sure that you know, for example, Secretary, as I say, I go very much in front of the remarks. I also would like to convey the cordial greetings from our Prime Minister, Dr. Yang, and the other leaders. It's wonderful. My government, that's a great approach to the relations in China and the United States. So it's a pleasure to come here. My job is to work towards the development of our relations and we know that there are difficult problems and we do hope that, we do hope that, that so long as we abide by the principles we both have, our two government, if we do it, this will make it possible for us to establish a basis for our relations on the United States. So may I present my visit of Chinese and also my remarks and my writing. All right. Thank you very much. Do you want to hear her back there? Please. Back here? All right. Madam. Well, thank you very much. So this, I'll have to take with me. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you so much. Thank you very much. Again. See you. Mr. Yang, how are you? How are you? Welcome to Washington. How are you? How are you doing? Good to see you. Good to see you. Good to see you. How long is the president there? To see you again. Good to see you. But you and I will go over here and have a picture before we get to visit with his majesty in the next week and looking forward to arguing and discussing our mutual trust both in our countries. Thank you. Thank you very much, Mr. President. And I would like to thank your excellency for this opportunity for me to present my credentials. Thank you. And also, his majesty Sultana Kawus is looking forward to his visit to the United States on the 11th of this month. And I am confident that you two will discuss a lot of mutual bilateral problems and issues between the two countries. Issues between the two countries. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you.