George W. Bush: “Today in that country, 3 1/2 years after being brutalized by the Taliban, over 9 million people have registered to vote.”

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

That is the America I know.

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

America has gone more than seven years without another terrorist attack on our soil. This is a tribute to those who toil night and day to keep us safe.