George W. Bush: “A new National Counterterrorism Center... will help ensure effective joint action across the Government so that our…”

I know campaigns are stressful and taxing.

The American economy has consistently proven its strength and resilience in the face of shocks such as natural disasters, high energy prices, and the terrorist attacks of September 11.

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

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