George W. Bush: “Success in Iraq would bring something powerful and new, a democracy in the heart of the Middle East.”

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

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.

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.

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