Not long after 9-11-2001 President Bush asked Don Rumsfeld to come to the White House for a rare meeting just between the two of them. After talking about defense issues, the President asked Rumsfeld how his son Nick was doing. Nick had been battling addiction problems. Don was unable to speak, the emotions choking up on him. The President got up out of his chair and came over and put his arm around him. Rumsfeld's close friend Dick Cheney had told the President about the suffering Don and his wife Joyce had been enduring over their beloved son's struggles.
from Rumsfeld's book Known and Unknown
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There was one thing I always knew, admired and respected about Bush and yep you guessed it, this, his compassion.
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