George W. Bush: “I will always honor their service.”

What America does for itself has made it strong--but what America does for others has made it great.

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.

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.

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