George W. Bush: “This is way beyond politics.”

The creativity, ingenuity, and resourcefulness of the American people is our country's greatest strength.

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

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.

This memorandum is intended to improve the internal management of the executive branch and is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the…