George W. Bush: “New York is going to be a part of what is going to be a great national victory in November of this year.”

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.

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

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

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