George Bush actually said...

I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine. He went -- and I thought his explanation yesterday was a powerful explanation. He ...

It profoundly affected him. Yesterday, when he was here in the Oval Office, I saw the deep concern he had about a person who he wounded.

I'm satisfied with the explanation he gave.

Our enemy and our friends can be certain, the United States will not retreat from the world, and we will never surrender to evil.