George W. Bush: “We acted because I have a duty to protect this country.”

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.

The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems.

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

Congratulations on becoming our President.