One must say bluntly that it is an unattractive sight when, with a view to smearing the Soviet people, leaders of such a country as the United States resort to what almost amounts to obscenities alternating with hypocritical preaching about morals and humanism.

I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.

We must have a fair tax in the United States. We have to re-adjust it, we must be fiscally responsible.

We are a member club of the United States Fencing Association, which governs fencing throughout the country. That means we can hold tournaments and our members can go to tournaments. Many clubs throughout the country host tournaments on a fairly regular basis. Most tournaments are in Pittsburgh or State College, a few in Cleveland and Harrisburg or anywhere that's got fencing. We also go down to West Virginia frequently.

It's a hard case to make that the United States and others should be investing resources into a country that is squandering its own resources.

If the United States is treating Afghanistan as a sovereign country it has to prove it.