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Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein Delivers Remarks at the International Economic Forum of th
• arcleinMontgomery fought his former colleagues courageously, but with a deep sense of regret. In October 1775, he wrote, "I most earnestly request to retire…. I have not the talents or temper for such a command. I am under the disagreeable necessity of acting eternally out of Character to wheedle, flatter, and lie…. I will bear with it for a short time, but I cannot support it long."