George W. Bush: “The Secretary of Education shall take the lead in coordinating these efforts.”

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.