George W. Bush: “I've always said that the fact that North Korea kidnaped or abducted these people talks to the nature of the…”

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

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.

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

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.