George W. Bush: “Don't expect any bombshells, or things like that, but they do expect this to be a very productive, substantive meeting.”

It has been the privilege of a lifetime to serve as your President.

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.

We learned that bravery is more common than we imagined, emerging with sudden splendor in the face of death.

On this day of prayer, Laura and I are holding up our fellow Texans who are hurting.