George W. Bush: “We'd like to make sure that they're taken care of first before expanding the program beyond 200 percent of the poverty.”

Laura and I are fortunate to have known Andrew Wyeth and to have had the pleasure of enjoying his work.

That is the America I know.

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.

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