George W. Bush: “Every day the Government sees the loss of innocent life.”

seldom has history offered a greater opportunity to do so much for so many.

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.

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.