George W. Bush: “Is important to United States efforts to respond to, deter, or prevent acts of international terrorism.”

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.

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

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

I applaud your Governor's response to that tragedy.