12/11/2006
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"When the Pentagon was hit, Secretary Rumsfeld's first instinct was to run toward danger."
"He understood that the peace of the post-cold-war years was really the calm before the next storm."
"Don Rumsfeld has been at my side from the moment I took office."
"The United States honors Natan Sharansky for his contributions to and sacrifices for the cause of democracy and freedom."