George W. Bush: “Our strategy calls for redeploying troops from Iraq as conditions on the ground allow.”

Congratulations on becoming our President.

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.

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

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.