Melvin R. Laird

Messages from Melvin R. Laird

Melvin R. Laird continues to build on his legacy of public service. In addition to his activities on some 27 nonprofit organizations and his role at the Reader's Digest Association, he also continues to contribute his insight. Below is some of his recent work.

• Choose to Serve (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Op. Ed. October 28, 2004)
• Laird Statement on Iraq War
• A Strategy for Leaving Iraq (Interview with National Public Radio, October 18, 2005)
• ‘Our Constitution Works’ (December 28, 2006 issue of the Wall Street Journal; Page A14)

Other Contributors

• Why Mel Laird is Worried About Afghanistan (Bob Schieffer of CBS News' Face the Nation, comments on Melvin Laird, the former Secretary of Defense who's worried about the all-volunteer army he created and where we are in Afghanistan. August 15, 2010)
• Laird’s contributions as a Wisconsin politician will live on for many years . . . (excerpts from a letter by John Dressendorfer)

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