George W. Bush: “This important supplemental appropriation provides urgently needed resources to enhance defense readiness and operations…”

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

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

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

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.