George Bush actually said...

"I welcome you back."

"Martin Karl Reidinger, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, vice Graham C. Mullen, retired."

"I have watched very carefully the development of this important country from one that was in the Soviet sphere to one that now is a free nation."

"I thank very much the President for his concerns about Afghanistan's democracy and his willingness to help in Afghanistan."