The outgoing secretary of defense, Robert Gates, in a commencement speech over the weekend at Washington State University, stands up for government employees: "Too often those who chose public service are dismissed as bureaucrats or worse, and in many cases politicians run for office running down the very government they hope to lead. Cynicism about the people and the institutions that govern and protect our country can be corrosive. So I worry that too many of our brightest young Americans, so public-minded, so engaged in volunteer service, on campus and in their communities, turn aside when it comes to careers in public service....I have seen, in political appointees and career civil servants alike, an extraordinary number of people of the highest quality acting with steadfast integrity and love of this country and what it stands for."
Gates on Government Employees
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