George W. Bush: “Your country went into Afghanistan not as conquerors, but we were liberators.”

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.

You will have an Almighty God to comfort 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.