Bill Clinton: “I don't have anything to say other than what I said in my message to them right now. I think that their friends need to…”

“I don't have anything to say other than what I said in my message to them right now. I think that their friends need to hold them close, and they need to just--it takes a long time to heal. And one of the things that I have learned even more since I've been President is that a lot of things happen in this life that cannot be explained or justified, and lot of living is overcoming the unjustifiable, the madness, and somehow going on. I would say that I believe the children who perished and the teacher who perished, from all reports, had lived extremely good lives and were extremely good people, and they would want their parents, their siblings, the spouses--the young teacher's husband--they would want them to go on living, to look for positive things to live for, to be grateful for the time they had with the children and the teacher. And at some point you have to lay down the loss. You can never give it up. You can never stop hurting. You can never stop missing. But a choice has to be made to go on and to make the most of whatever is left in life. And I think that's what most people--most good people who die too young in an unfair way, if they could speak across space and time to their loved ones, would try to lift them up and ease their pain. They wouldn't want them to stay in the grip of hatred. They wouldn't want them to be paralyzed by grief. So I hope they'll be able to find peace and healing and go on. President's Trip to Africa Mr. Donaldson. Finally, Mr. President, are you happy to be going tomorrow?”