George W. Bush

Emilio T. Gonzalez, of Florida, to be Director of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, vice Eduardo Aguirre, Jr.

Thomas O. Barnett, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice R. Hewitt Pate.

This is a time when a lot of families are looking forward to sending their child back to school.

Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Population, Refugees, and Migration), vice Arthur E. Dewey, resigned.

Mark McKinnon, of Texas, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors for a term expiring August 13, 2008, vice Joaquin F. Blaya, term expired.

Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Korea.

The people we're talking about are not refugees; they are Americans.

Donald C. Winter, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Navy, vice Gordon England.

Santanu K. Baruah, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, vice David A. Sampson.

Out of the darkness will come some light.

Jacqueline Ellen Schafer, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, vice Emmy B. Simmons.

John E. Maupin, Jr., of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board for a term expiring September 30, 2010, vice Gerald M. Shea, term expired.

Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, vice James G. Roche.

Thanks for doing your duty.

God bless you and your families.

Judge Roberts has earned the Nation's confidence.

May God bless the victims, and may God continue to bless our country.

I can't wait to join you in the joy of welcoming neighbors back into neighborhoods.

Hour by hour, the situation on the ground is improving.

The human costs are incalculable.

We're going to help supplement the efforts of the Mississippi Guard and others to restore order.

The Federal Government will be providing the temporary housing.

The Secretary of Energy is authorized and directed to draw down and sell Strategic Petroleum Reserve petroleum pursuant to EPCA section 161.

The results can be better in New Orleans, and I intend to work with the folks to make it better.

I am deeply concerned about the suffering.