Remarks on Lighting the National Christmas Tree
12/03/2008
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We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.
You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.
Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation...
The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.