George W. Bush: “I believe that Americans benefit from open markets and free and fair trade.”

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.

We are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe.

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

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