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AND THE DEFENSE OF THE DEMOCRACY OF THE UNITED STATES
Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr. Schiff, and Mr. Schumer) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary:
S. Res. 721
Whereas Robert Swan Mueller, III was born on August 7,
1944, in New York City, New York, to his mother Alice
Truesdale and his father Robert Swan Mueller, Jr.;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III graduated from St. Paul's
School in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1962 and later earned
his bachelor's degree in politics from Princeton University
in 1966 and his master's degree in international relations
from New York University in 1967;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III met his wife Ann Cabell
Standish when they were in high school, and they were married
in 1966 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III and his wife Ann raised 2
daughters;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served with distinction in
the United States Marine Corps from 1968 to 1970;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served as a rifle platoon
leader in the Vietnam War with Second Platoon, H Company, 2d
Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division and earned a
Bronze Star for valor during Operation Scotland II, when he
led a rifle platoon in South Vietnam that was ambushed on
December 11, 1968, resulting in multiple casualties, and he
rescued a wounded Marine;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III earned a Purple Heart after
being wounded by enemy fire in April 1969 while leading his
platoon to rescue fellow soldiers pinned down by the enemy;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served as the aide-de-camp
to Major General William K. Jones;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III earned Commendation Medals,
a Combat Action Ribbon, the National Defense Service Medal, a
Vietnam Service Medal, the Republic of Vietnam Gallantry
Cross, and the Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal in
recognition of his conduct and valor during combat;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III received his law degree from
the University of Virginia School of Law in 1973 and then
worked in private practice for the law firm Pilsbury and
later for the law firm Hill and Barlow;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served as a Federal
prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern
District of California from 1976 to 1982, where he became the
Chief of the Criminal Division;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served as a Federal
prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of
Massachusetts, where he focused on corruption, money
laundering, fraud, narcotics, and terrorism investigations
and prosecutions;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III joined the Department of
Justice in 1989 and in 1990 was appointed as the Assistant
Attorney General for the Criminal Division, overseeing the
investigations and prosecutions of Panamanian leader Manuel
Noriega, Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, and the
Lockerbie bombing of Pan Am Flight 103;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III briefly returned to private
practice at the law firm Hale & Dorr but then returned to
public service as a senior prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney's
Office for the District of Columbia's homicide division in
1995, where he prosecuted homicide cases in the capital of
the United States;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III was then appointed as the
U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California from
1998 to 2001 and served as the Acting Deputy Attorney General
in 2001;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III served as the sixth Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (referred to in this
preamble as the “FBI”) from 2001 to 2013, when in the
immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, he worked
to transform the FBI into an agency capable of embracing its
growing counterterrorism and intelligence mission;
Whereas, in 2014, Robert S. Mueller, III again returned to
private practice at WilmerHale, and later returned in 2019
until his retirement from the firm in 2021;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III was awarded the 2016
Sylvanus Thayer Award, the highest honor bestowed upon non-
graduates by the West Point Association of Graduates, for his
commitment to service and his accomplishments that honor West
Point's core values;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III was appointed Special
Counsel for the Department of Justice on May 17, 2017, a
position in which he oversaw an investigation of the Russian
government's efforts to interfere in a United States
election;
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III died on March 20, 2026,
after a remarkable life dedicated to serving his country and
fellow man; and
Whereas Robert S. Mueller, III is survived by his beloved
wife of 60 years, Ann, his beloved daughters and his
cherished grandchildren: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Senate—
(1) honors the life and legacy of Robert Swan Mueller, III
a distinguished combat veteran, and life-long public servant
who dedicated his life to honoring the values of honor,
courage, and commitment that are central to the United States
Marine Corps;
(2) commends Robert S. Mueller, III for his commitment to
the rule of law and to defending the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;
(3) extends its deepest condolences and sympathies to his
family; and
(4) requests that the Secretary of the Senate transmit an
enrolled copy of this resolution to the family of Robert S.
Mueller, III.