He is an amazing guy in my book. I would work with him at the drop of a hat, even though I bet he can be really tough to work for.
When he was at Searle, he came in and turned the place upside down, even though he had no experience in the industry. I got rid of a lot of the "diversification" and concentrated on core products.
When he asked to look at the pipeline of products (an important aspect for any pharmaceutical company, they had only one product with promise, but the FDA refused to approve it.
Against the advice of nearly everyone in the industry and inside the company, he sued the FDA.
Within a short amount of time,it was approved.
That product was Nutrasweet.
As far as I am concerned...he is the best SecDef this country has ever had, and one of its greatest patriots. A true American.
Amen. Here's to a great American. At an age when most people are kicking back and doing nothing much of anything, he was giving his country everything he had. Yet again. I will always be grateful that he and Dick Cheney were in place at the top of our government on that awful day in 2001.
I keep thinking that when the next one of those fateful days comes (and the barbarians are probably massing at the gates even now), who will be in charge? Nancy Pelosi? Harry Reid? Are you kidding me?
I never knew Sec. Rumsfeld was connected to its FDA approval. Don't let that get out or the rats will use that against him.