George W. Bush: “It's important for our friends to have a strong commitment to human rights and freedom and democracy.”

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

That is the America I know.

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.

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.