To Secretary of the Treasury Robert E. Rubin:




Never has a Treasury Secretary won stronger or more deserved 
praise.

Your intellect, diplomatic skill and unwavering
support bolstered the multilateral financial institutions at the 
most urgent of times. The United States and the world owe
you a debt of gratitude.



May the wisdom and steady hand you brought to office serve 
you well in the pursuit of wily trout and tarpon on the rivers
and salt flats of your future.




       -- The Bretton Woods Committee --