George W. Bush: “We will work with you to rout out terror.”

I hereby find that the furnishing of defense articles and defense services to the Southern African Development Community will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace.

That is the America I know.

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.

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