George W. Bush: “Initial responsibility for managing domestic incidents generally falls on State and local authorities.”

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

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.

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.