George W. Bush: “We need the legislation because the Supreme Court recently ruled that military commissions must be explicitly authorized…”

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.

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

Violence and vitriol must be purged from the public square. Members of other political parties are not our enemies; they are our fellow citizens.

We know our words cannot help, but we believe the prayers of so many Americans will.