George W. Bush: “This recovery will take a long time. This recovery will take years.”

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 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.

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.

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.