George W. Bush: “Today, as in the past, their dedication and service ... upholds the values that make our country strong.”

To you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.

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.

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

Those who have lost their precious children are facing a grief no parents should ever know.