Richard Nixon actually said...

As you return to private life, I am sure that each and every one of your many friends and associates here would want to join me in thanking ...

Few men have given so much and so willingly to their country as you have for the past thirty-five months--and few have discharged their resp...

Your wise counsel in vitally important national security questions has been of immense value to Mel Laird and to me, and I want you to know ...

It is with the deepest regret that I accept your resignation, as you have requested, as Deputy Secretary of Defense, effective December 13, ...