George W. Bush: “A stable and secure Iraq is fundamental and critical to the security of life as we know it in the free world.”

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

If any voters came hoping for a kind word and a hug, they’d have to settle for the kind word.

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.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.