George W. Bush: “He has become a great friend, and I appreciate all he has done for our wonderful country.”

Mr. Wyeth captured America in his paintings of his native Pennsylvania and Maine.

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

History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation – a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position.

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.