George W. Bush: “Saddam Hussein is a man who has defied the United Nations not once, not twice, not 3 times, but 16 times.”

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

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.

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.