George W. Bush: “Those we were forced to release have included murderers, rapists, child molesters, and other violent criminals.”

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 are grateful to the first responders and volunteers who are working to find the missing and comfort the grieving at Camp Mystic and along the Guadalupe.

This is not mere nostalgia, it is the truest version of ourselves.

The battles waged by our troops are part of a broader struggle between two dramatically different systems.