Subject: Just saying "hey"!
From: Bruce Mehlman <[email-masked]>
To: "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 07:57:18 -0600

John...

Thank you for your service.

The 6th year in every Administration is a chore, with massive doses of under-appreciation from friends, foes & the media...

Even though you knew more than most what you were getting into, I suspect at times you wonder why you put in the 18 hours a day, 6.5 days a week, given the less-stressful, more-lucrative alternatives.

But as you know, it matters.  A lot.

Your service is certainly of great benefit for the nation... and ideally its personally rewarding as well...

I hope we get to work together again in the next two years.  There is so much than can and should get done... collaboratively... Rs & Ds, industry & NGOs...  time will tell.

Regardless, hang tough and carry on!

And thanks.

Bruce

BRUCE MEHLMAN
Tech CEO Council &
Mehlman Castagnetti
202-585-0251
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