“It has been a great honor to serve as the 73rd Secretary of the Treasury and I will always be grateful to you for the opportunity you gave me. But as you know I have looked forward for some time to returning to private life. I do so with a great sense of satisfaction in what has been accomplished over the last 3-1/2 years.

Your economic policies have put the American economy on a strong upward path. I have been pleased to have had a part in working with you to advance those policies.