George W. Bush: “Today, Saddam Hussein's regime is gone, and no one should mourn its passing.”

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

The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.

We are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe.

Today, we remember your loss, we share your sorrow and we honor the men and women that you have loved so long and so well.