George W. Bush: “To be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy.”

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

That is the America I know.

On behalf of the American people, Laura and I offer our sincere condolences to Betsy and the Wyeth family.

The American economy has consistently proven its strength and resilience in the face of shocks such as natural disasters, high energy prices, and the terrorist attacks of September 11.