George W. Bush: “Today, there are more than 25 million living veterans who served our Nation in times of peace and war.”

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.

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.

For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your President. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence—a time set apart.

We look forward to working with him and the National Archives to build a world-class Presidential library and museum that will be an important resource for scholars and the general public.