George W. Bush: “I have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared with respect to persons who commit…”

what America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.

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

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

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.