Robert Beecroft at Inaugural Ceremony for Frasure, Kruzel, Drew Memorial Fellowship Archive Site for State Department information prior to January 20, 2001. This site is not updated.
Today is a bittersweet day.
We are here to honor the memory of three brave, compassionate, and dedicated Americans, Ambassador Robert C. Frasure, Dr. Joseph J. Kruzel, and Col. Samuel Nelson Drew, United States Air Force, who lost their lives in a tragic accident while on a mission to Bosnia in 1995. I had the honor and the pleasure of knowing and working with the three Americans who died on that mountainside near Sarajevo. In life, we admired them as dedicated Americans. In death, their contributions continue. We are here today to mark one such contribution.