We can expect that the coming days will be intense.

There is no way to imagine America without New Orleans. And this great city will rise again.

This senseless attack is an affront to people of faith throughout the world. The United States strongly condemns this cowardly act of terror and the subsequent attacks on other mosques and holy sites in Iraq. We will do everything in our…

This is a company that has played by the rules, that has been cooperative with the United States, from a country that's an ally on the war on terror. And it would send a terrible signal to friends and allies, not to let this transaction go…

If there was any question as to whether or not this country would be less safe as a result of the transaction, it wouldn't go forward.

The company will not manage port security. The security of our ports will be -- continue to be managed by the Coast Guard and the Customs.

Mr. Bush out barnstorming the country in Milwaukee today, where he was selling his new energy policy, promising a technological breakthrough that he says will startle Americans and wean the country away from imported oil.

America is addicted to oil.

I'm satisfied with the explanation he gave.

I thought the vice president handled the issue just fine. He went -- and I thought his explanation yesterday was a powerful explanation. He heard a bird flush, and he turned and pulled the trigger and saw his friend get wounded.

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.

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