George W. Bush: “Harlon Eugene Costner, of North Carolina, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina.”

We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony so many are feeling.

You've showed the great strength of America through your work—and that is your good heart.

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

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.