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Bush press conference about replacement of Quayle.
It seems to me that the following is one of the most remarkable
examples of self-sacrifice for the good of the party and country
I have ever seen.  Unfortunately, computer difficulties prevented
our receiving the beginning of the wire service dispatch.  The
following seems to be the end of Quayle's statement.  Doubtless
the full version will be in tomorrow's newspapers.

... At first I thought the
the issues raised by the press over my National Guard service
were trivial and motivated by partisan considerations.  I have
thought and prayed about the matter and have come to a different
conclusion.  With God's guidance and after discussion with
Vice-President Bush, I have decided to withdraw my name from
the Republican Vice-Presidential nomination.

The press is right.  The most important issue concerning a man
of my generation is the extent to which he served his country
in its time of trouble - the time of the struggle to prevent
the tragedy that occurred when the communists conquered Indochina.

Therefore, I have asked the Vice-President, and he has agreed, to
replace me with a man whose record of service is much stronger than
mine and whose continued work for national defense has been carried
out under difficult conditions and at the cost of great sacrifices.

In this change of heart the press has played a most important role
in emphasizing that just doing what is required is not enough for
someone aspiring to the position of Vice-President of the United
States.

Therefore, I hope you will give your full support to my replacement,
the new Republican candidate for Vice-President, Lieutenant Colonel
Oliver North, U.S. Marines, retired.