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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
February 15, 2001

Remarks by the President in Telephone Conversation with Nancy Reagan
The Oval Office

10:35 A.M. EST

          THE PRESIDENT:  Mrs. Reagan, hi, how are you today?

          MRS. REAGAN:  (inaudible.)

          THE PRESIDENT:  Good, thank you.  Listen, I'm honored.  I'm here in the Oval Office --

          MRS. REAGAN:  (inaudible.)

          THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you.  And I'm getting ready to sign a birthday card to the President, my first document I'll sign as the President which is a joint resolution from the Congress --

          MRS. REAGAN:  Oh, how nice.

          THE PRESIDENT:  -- which expresses our deep gratitude and admiration for President Reagan.

          MRS. REAGAN:  How nice.

          THE PRESIDENT:  We honor him with his greatness and his goodness. And we honor you, as well, for your strength of character and your service.

          So I'm getting ready to sign right now --

          MRS. REAGAN:  Oh, this is very exciting.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thank you, ma'am.  It's exciting for me, as well.  It's an honor.  And I look forward to sending the document and the pen that I use to you.

          MRS. REAGAN:  Oh, how nice.  How nice.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Anyway, it's great to talk to you.

          MRS. REAGAN:  Well, it's great to talk to you, too.  And I can't thank you enough.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Well, thanks a lot.

          MRS. REAGAN:  It's wonderful.  Wait until I tell Ronnie.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Give the President a hug and a kiss.

          MRS. REAGAN:  I will.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Thanks a lot.

          MRS. REAGAN:  Thank you.

          THE PRESIDENT:  Bye-bye.

          MRS. REAGAN:  Bye-bye.

                                END         10:37 A.M. EST