George W. Bush: “It's the home of such courage and strength and resolve.”

We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony so many are feeling.

Is it in our national interests that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is, and so do you.

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

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.