 Mr. President, we have a very special ceremony today, and J.J. Quinn will introduce you. Mr. President, I'd like to introduce Sir Anthony Ackerman. Yes. Hello. Mr. President, I'd like to see you as always. Good to see you. This gentleman needs no introduction. Can't you bring me quite that, Mr. President? Thank you, sir. Mr. President, nor may I answer your questions. Mr. President, I'd like to see you, Secretary Webb. Of course. Good to see you and the Christine of the Week. Mr. Charles Adams. Hello. Mr. President, I'd like to see you. Mr. Peter Stamford. How are you doing? Major James Forsat. Hello. Mr. President, I'd like to see you. Mr. Regen, I'd like to see you. Mr. Bishop, I'd like to see you closer. Mr. James Macalester. Mr. Commander. Mr. Commander, I'd like to see you. Mr. President, I'd like to see you. Mr. Regen. Mr. President. Mr. President. The new uniform required by the President. I know. Yes, a special command, Mr. Chairman. Well, Mr. President, the National Monetary Historical Society is proud to join with the World Ship Trust in conveying the maritime heritage medal for presentation to our nation's most famous ship USS Constitution. USS Constitution carries a message reaching out over the horizon as Admiral Harley Burke wrote in our journal See History and that message does indeed reach out to future generations of Americans. USS Constitution is the flagship of the historic ships movement in the United States. These ships challenge us with a high hopes and high endeavor that built the United States, a nation born of seafaring. Past generations of Americans struggled to make sure that the Constitution delivered her message to us in our time. In 1830 Oliver Wendell Holmes delivered the appeal that saved the ship from the scrapyard when it was mistakenly thought their earth useful life was over. With his spirited poem old Ironsides he meant the American people to keep her ensign flying and we did. We're here today to salute that ensign and to keep it flying in our time and in time to come. Mr. President, Mr. Weinberg, the Secretary of the Navy, and as a member of the North, Mr. Stanford, gentlemen, Admiral McLean, Lord Louins, I hope, as you know, has done much for the preservation of historic ships to the World Ship Trust. It's sadly much disappeared, unable to be here today. But he asked me to take his place and I am, of course, delighted and honored to do that. We are, of course, celebrating this year, the 200th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States. And ten years later the ship bearing its name was launched in good time I might add, and passing for the war of 1812 when it engaged more than one of the British vessels. But another famous ship from that era, the Etima's Victory, like the USS Constitution, remains on active service and both have visited each year by very many American British citizens. Both, Mr. President, were symbols of the commitment by the American British navies to the cause of freedom and navigation. The medal itself, sir, was just arrived from Britain. It's a beautifully carved and grave piece of cuter housed in a box which is in itself a work of art and which is made from wood taken from the USS Constitution. It is the fifth World Ship Trust award and the second to an American recipient. And this is a fitting tribute to respect which the United States pays to its naval heritage. All those involved, Mr. President, are so delighted that you personally have been willing to make this presentation. And we thank you. Well, I thank all of you for the honor of being able to do this. I'm going to serve as the commanding officer of the ship. I'm very pleased to present this maritime heritage medal to you on behalf of these societies that have been mentioned here. And I think it's very fitting that this, our 200th anniversary of the Constitution, that we recognize this on the hundred and thousandth birthday of the ship. And to the members that's obsessed in that they did the best. Thank you, Mr. President. Mr. President, I'm greatly honored to receive this on behalf of the crew and all those who have worked so hard to keep the Constitution in the tutorial status that it is. And gentlemen, I thank you all. Thank you, Mr. President. It seems strange that some of our day bests are really unlawful. Mr. President, this is not very well done. It seems nice to have it from aboard this day. Now that I know the significance when that came in, I did not know where it was from. You know, there are some British timbers in this room also. There was a British sailing ship that was lost in the ice on a rescue mission toward the North Pole. And it was abandoned. Some years later, in a completely capital-founding boat, the ship out. The United States refurbished it and delivered it to them. Then some time later, we delivered it to them to do it. Sometime later, a 1,300-pound package arrived in this country. And the ship had been decommissioned and the ship's planks is beautiful. That's why there's only had to be one thing, one addition to it and have a very high administration. You notice that little bottom line around there? Well, people were ever to be smaller in those days. I found that I couldn't get on the desk without funky. So, a hard work added that one additional layer of the bottom to kind of raise the desk up. That was uncomfortable. And that is a British brand one of two timbers in this house. Our British timbers have come back to decorate their offices. That panel in the front with the sail-sea element. That's the doorway to John John, President Kennedy's son. Mr. President, thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. President. It's my honor to be with you. Let me tell you what I got here. I'm going to check your passing form, but Gameball presenter from Chairman Georgia on December 17th Oval Office, Washington, D.C. For your leadership and achievements throughout your administration, creation of the National Fitness Foundation, development of the United States Fitness Academy, establishment of mild youth fitness camp programs for kids kindergarten through six, and the signing of the first USA-USSR Youth Fitness Exchange Agreement. That's the first time you ever saw a ball that had the Soviet flag. Well, thank you very much. Let's see your director. He's got two laces. Fingers on two laces. Yeah, this is Mrs. Allen. Hello, Mr. President. My son, George. I'm going to hold that while you do the family photo or do you want to have it in the picture? I don't know. Maybe we should have it in the picture. All right, okay. I know you got a lot of danger there, but this is I'm going to tell you, this is terrible. I mean, I should tell you this, but when you noticed this in the passing, I played right guard and I tried it because you know the right guard pulled out of there. I tried to convince the coach once that we ought to have a play, but when I pulled out instead of interference, I got the ball because I could outpass all our back feet. Oh, I never convinced him to do it. Well, you had the correct technique. You shouldn't give me a chance. For your library, this is the agreement between the state committee and the physical culture and sports in the U.S.S.R. and the President's Council of Physical Sports, USA, and this was signed. This is the agreement Soviet U.S.A., Soviet Youth Fitness Test, 9th day of February, 1980s at Washington D.C. The story exchange was brought about through the vision and leadership of President Ronald Reagan and we have a little slide there, a gift from him. If it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have been here. We're just going to get a picture of this. Okay, just one more. Thank you. No, I'd say there were times, Mr. Fenn, I thought, how do they ever get into this city? And the reason I stayed and stuck it out was because of you, because my belief in you and the job you're doing, and that's the way we feel about you. And, well, thank you. And Nancy, thank you very much. I had a few souvenirs. All right. I think I'll tell your family there that I have a little memory of him back when I was governor and my son was about the A.I. Oh, yeah. There was a game at the end of the season that didn't mean anything anymore. Yeah. It had been decided. Yeah. And the Rams kind of began to come unglued. Some cynical people sitting around us and saying, you know, the game doesn't mean anything, so they're probably not trying and all that. And my son was a worshiper, and he was breathing. And when the game was over, trying to ease his disappointment, I told him that we had an invitation to go to the locker room. Well, down we went and we walked into the locker room. And I couldn't have asked, as a father, for anything greater for a small boy. The guys in there were jumping on each other and themselves about how lousy they were and all of us, and he said, all right, let's say thanks. And my son saw those big hawks driving to their knees for air. And it was a very wonderful day. Now for you ladies, these are key rings. They're different than they're going to get because these are from Nancy. Oh, thank you so much. That's very lovely. Thank you very much. Oh, that's good. Wow, thank you very much. That's lovely. Thank you. Beautiful. Please give my best regard to Mrs. Gray. Sure will. Tell her I'd buy her a great deal. Well, thank you. She had a lot of courage. I just went through the same thing she did. And I know what an effort it is. Yes. But I had the luxury of not having to have any public appearances, you see. And she did have that. Really, I feel a lot for her. Both of those last year kind of had a public pulse taking by the house. All right, all right, all right. George, you know what George was the Republican leader for you? Well, chairman of Young Virginians for you in 1976. 1976. And of course in 80 as well. And he just got reelected. Virginia legislature. And I know you don't remember all this, but the one thing I remember that she did was I had many operations in the hospital that flea by us. And you called in 1979. Is that right? Yeah, I did. He had the whole, you know, he had all the nurses. This is before you were president. Yeah. Had all the nurses at Twitter carrying on. Oh, yeah. Oh, that's right. I can't believe he's helping make blogs. My son used to go through red lights, you know. Oh, yeah, that's right. I really appreciate you taking the time to see us. Well, my pleasure. And thank you for running our country. And for doing all you're doing for us. We admire you. Sometime along the way, we'd like to honor you as a banquet for men of the year and neither New York or LA. Would you consider that? I hope the people are listening. Right. These others kind of decide where I'm going. I'm going to do it with them. Wow. Thank you. All right. Usually, he and I do a few push-ups or set-ups, but we won't do that to you now. Thank you for the follow-up. Do the follow-up. I'm going to mimic her. That's good. You're so happy. Come the ranch. Have a great Christmas. Have a great New Year. Yeah, have a wonderful New Year's Eve. And if anything I can do to help you down the stretch, let me know. I will. Especially if it's a tough job. Thank you. See you later. Good bye. All right. Thank you. Nebraska. Mickey McCall. I understand you had a very fine conference in Kansas City. I'm sure you did. Sorry. Mr. President, we only find it appropriate at this time that the six of us have the opportunity to bring you holiday greetings because we have over 430,000 FFO members across our country who would like to say Merry Christmas. And personally, we would like to tell you that although we realize that there are a lot of difficulties with the budget or deficit or whatever it may be, we right here today would like to say thank you for everything that you have done so that we as American youth can enjoy the freedom that this country has built upon. God bless you and thank you very much. I feel grateful to all of you for what you're doing. You personally served as you are the epitome of what we build our organization upon in your gentle nature and your loving touch, but most of all your commitment to American youth, your commitment to God, to mankind, and also to our country. And so we find it appropriate at this time to say thank you for all the service that you've given our country, but also good luck as your final year as President of the United States of America. Thank you. I'll try to deserve it. We have a message of Christmas hope to share with you. It is a poem entitled Take Time which was written just two short weeks before a young FFA member, Sherri Nelson from Melba, Idaho was killed in a plane crash upon returning home from our convention. Take time, Mr. President, to enjoy life, to laugh and cry each day as it comes, but don't let life pass you by. Take time to recall the good times shared with old friends and loves, but don't live in the past. Take time to wonder what the future may bring, but live for today, because today is everything. Take time to share yourself with friends and family too, and remember take time to love. For those who love can be loved too. Thank you very much. We would be honored if you could join us next November in Kansas City for our 61st annual FFA convention, but President Reagan it has been an honor and we thank you for taking time to share with us this afternoon. As you know I don't have a hundred percent control over it. I'm telling you I was going to wonder if 15 minutes is what I'm going to do. Has there been any notice of that or anything sensual that Yeah, we'll work with them and see if we can. All right, because I'd like very much to do it. I look forward to seeing it. Where is it going to be? In Kansas City. In Kansas City. Every day. 24,000 members joined us this year and we're planning to break that record. I remember a convention in Kansas City. Yeah. These are key rings, and with the seal of the United Arab Emirates here. Thank you so much. Visit here. Thank you. God bless you, sir. Thank you. Thank you. I'll tell you a little history more. I know we've got to hurry and let other people in here, but a little history note about that seal on there. If you look up there and see that the eagle is turned, it is heading toward the claw that is holding the olive branch. But on that ancient old desk there, if you look to the seal, the eagle is facing the arrows. And it was after World War II that Harry Truman decided to have our sign change the other way. Thank you, sir. Thank you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas to all of you. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, good luck, baby. Your Armier, it serves. Yes, I know. Well, I guess sir, but I have some time yet. It won't be until sometimes in Juana. But I have about six months of school to go through first. Oh, you said it. I guess we have a retention problem. I'm not sure we'll start over. You have a little time yet for some horseback riding. Oh, yes, sir. A little. This is my wife, Christie, my son. Wait a minute. Nice to see you again. It's nice to see you. How are you? You look well. We were so glad to meet you. This is my brother, Dennis. Thank you. Well, I think you and I both... Yes, sir. We get to stand by versus the bar play. We'll be joined later. Citation, the company award in defense period service medal Major Ronald D. Thomas, United States Army, has distinguished himself by exceptionally superior services. Army aid to the president since May 1986. Major Thomas continually displayed superior leadership, exemplary foresight, and tireless effort, which were paramount importance to the president and the nation. In his highly visible position, he routinely planned and coordinated numerous events of national and international significance. His role as an emergency actions officer was accomplished with expertise and professionalism. Major Thomas served as the White House agent responsible for supervising the use of Department of Defense resources, supporting commander-in-chief travel throughout the world, including both Canada and Berlin in 1987. The distinctly distinctive accomplishments of Major Thomas reflect great credit upon himself, the United States Army, and the Department of Defense. I can't believe I did all that in front of you. Yes, I know that. Yes, like Chrissy's going to assist you with this. Do you want to come to my lab? Thank you. Promotion ceremony in honor of Major Ronald D. Thomas by direction of the Secretary of the Army. Major Ronald D. Thomas was authorized to wear the insignia of Lieutenant Colonel in effect to 17 December 1987 in view of his nomination by the president and confirmation by the Senate for promotion to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the United States Army. By order of the Secretary of the Army, Carl Yvonneau, General of the United States Army, Chief of Staff. I can't believe I did all that in front of you. Kenneth, why don't you come right over to the end? Okay, right. You know, you've given a lot of yourself to not only our country but to each and every one of us. This is a little personal thing that I wanted to do and just to my personal thanks to you. And this is an Illinois staff officer with a state seal, started in 1865. So from one cavalryman to another and from an aviator to an Army Air Corps officer, I wanted to give you these. And this is a little memento. Not for you. These are from the Civil War, yes sir. And they were, I don't know the, I guess I'll have to make up a story and send you the name about who the officer is. But that's what they're from there, from the Civil War. And they were worn by some staff officer from Illinois. Thank you. Yes sir, my pleasure. Thank you for two good years. I've enjoyed it. I'll be serving you still in the Army, but if you ever need on me, you can always call. Thank you. Well, thank you for all the service. Thank you sir. That's great.