I have proclaimed a State of Emergency due to the extended drought in the Southwest.

I know how badly producers are suffering, and I am determined to do whatever I can to help.

I call upon religious leaders of all faiths to emphasize the need for healing and tolerance.

Our Nation's livestock producers are hurting.

The United States is now the most multi-ethnic, multi-religious democracy in history.

Our Nation was founded by people who sought the right to worship freely.

We must never go back to the terrible days of racial and ethnic division.

Let us set an example for the world.

The proclamation of a State of Emergency will permit the Secretary of Agriculture to release feed grain supplies from the Disaster Reserve.

Every American must stand against violence and hatred and stand for dignity and tolerance, at home as well as abroad.

We will remember them as patriots, but they were also husbands and fathers, sons and brothers, colleagues, neighbors, and friends.

America stands with you in your sorrow and in your outrage.

I know I bring the thoughts and the prayers of all Americans with me.

They gave their lives for our freedom.

Let us now praise these quiet American heroes who gave their lives in service to America.

On behalf of the American people, let me say to their families and loved ones and to their friends in the Eglin community: We are grateful for their service.

America must not and America will not be driven from the fight against terrorism.

These men represented the best of America, and they gave America their best.