George W. Bush: “Every day of the year, America is proud to call Ireland a friend.”

We are heartbroken by the loss of life and the agony so many are feeling.

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

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

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