George W. Bush: “But the progress we have made this year has been enormous.”

The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems.

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 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.

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