Saxby Chambliss: “I rise today to commend a gentleman who has served our country with honor, integrity, and distinction for the past 6…”

“I rise today to commend a gentleman who has served our country with honor, integrity, and distinction for the past 6 years and who has sacrificed his energy, a comfortable private life, as well as his personal privacy in service to our men and women in uniform during the course of two wars that our country did not invite and did not welcome. That gentleman is Donald Rumsfeld. As I have worked with Secretary Rumsfeld over the last 6 years as a U.S. Senator and as a U.S. Representative, he and I have occasionally disagreed, and those disagreements have been very public, very open, and very heartfelt on both sides. But there is no question in my mind that Don Rumsfeld has given the President and the United States as much commitment, energy, and service as any previous Secretary of Defense in the history of our great country. For that, this entire country owes Don Rumsfeld a debt of gratitude.”