George W. Bush: “Mary Beth Long, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, vice Peter W. Rodman, resigned.”

Being your President was a high privilege, and the honor of a lifetime.

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

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

You will have an Almighty God to comfort you.