[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 11, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S14958]
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                           RACHEL SCHLESINGER

  Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, today Senator Nunn and I will speak on 
behalf of Rachel Schlesinger who just passed on to her reward. She is 
the widow of Dr. Schlesinger, a mutual friend.
  Mr. President, I was privileged to serve in the Department of Defense 
during the period of 1972-74 with the Secretary of Defense Schlesinger. 
At that time I had the privilege of learning to know and revere his 
lovely wife, Rachel, who just passed on.
  She was a source of great strength to Dr. Schlesinger as he undertook 
the important posts of Director of Office of Management and Budget, 
Secretary of Defense, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and 
Secretary of Energy.
  He has had one of the most remarkable public service careers of any 
living American. I worked with him in each of these assignments through 
the years and learned to know and to love his late wife.
  She was a great source of strength to this fine public servant. I am 
doubtful he could have fulfilled these important posts without that 
source of strength given by his wife and his children.
  I join today with my distinguished friend and colleague, the senior 
Senator from Georgia, [Mr. Nunn], who, likewise, through the years, 
learned to respect and admire Jim Schlesinger and his wife, Rachel.
  Our prayers go to their family, and I express my gratitude for the 
friendship given me through the years by Mrs. Schlesinger. I yield the 
floor.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The distinguished Senator from Georgia, [Mr. 
Nunn], is recognized.

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