George W. Bush: “I want to thank you for your leadership on that issue.”

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

That is the America I know.

The American economy has consistently proven its strength and resilience in the face of shocks such as natural disasters, high energy prices, and the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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