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Presidential Citizens Medal Recipient Warren B. Rudman
Comments by President Bill Clinton on Awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to Senator Warren B. Rudman
January 8, 2001
"As a combat platoon leader in the Korean War, Warren Rudman never worried about the race or background of the men with whom he fought. As a United States Senator, he never let his party affiliation keep him from speaking his mind or building alliances to fight the great legislative battles. He fought to strengthen and modernize our national defense and to put our fiscal house in order.
As a private citizen, he has continued to champion those causes with bipartisan zeal. As co-founder of the Concord Coalition and as the leader of my Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, he has repeatedly, during these eight years of my Presidency, undertaken difficult, thankless, inherently controversial tasks with an honesty and candor that showed a support for our nation and a willingness to call them as he saw them.
For his wise counsel, and his faithful service to our nation, I am grateful and proud to present Senator Warren Rudman with the Citizens Medal."
Warren Bruce Rudman is a Senator from New Hampshire; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., May 18, 1930; attended the public schools of Nashua, N.H.; graduated, Valley Forge Military School, Wayne, Pa., 1948; graduated, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y., 1952; graduated, Boston College Law School, Boston, Mass., 1960; served in the United States Army Infantry 1952-1954; admitted to the New Hampshire bar in 1960 and commenced practice in Nashua; served as legal counsel to the Governor 1970; attorney general of New Hampshire 1970-1976; practiced law, Manchester, N.H., 1976-1980; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on November 4, 1980, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1981; subsequently appointed by the Governor on December 29, 1980, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John A. Durkin for the term ending January 3, 1981; reelected in 1986 and served from December 29, 1980, to January 3, 1993; was not a candidate for reelection in 1992; chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (Ninety-ninth Congress); resumed the practice of law in Washington, D.C.; appointed by President William Clinton as member of the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board in 1993 and served until 2001, serving as chairman 1995-2001; chairman, Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents 1998; co-chair, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century 2001; co-founder, The Concord Coalition.
Bibliography
Rudman, Warren B. Combat: Twelve Years in the U.S. Senate. New York: Random House, 1996.
CITATION:
Warren Rudman has always put his country first, whether fighting for freedom in the Korean War, defending the Constitutionas a United States Senator, promoting fiscal discipline as Co-Founder of the Concord Coalition, or helping to shape national security policy as Chairman of the Presidents Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board. Forthright and courageous, he has consistently rejected partisanship and created a remarkable legacy of public service.
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