George W. Bush: “I have great confidence in the American military.”

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.

The actions taken by my Administration in response to the financial crisis have laid the groundwork for a return to economic growth and job creation.

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.