George W. Bush: “All Americans are shocked and saddened by the tragic loss of life and the destruction around the Indian Ocean.”

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.

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

We are very pleased that Alan Lowe has been selected by the National Archives and Records Administration as the director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum.

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