George W. Bush: “We want to get us to a place after the surge where we can think about how we can draw down troops going forward.”

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

Is it in our interest that 25 million people who would have died now live? I think it is. On behalf of a grateful nation, thank you for your hard work and God bless you.

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

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.