On the recordApril 16, 2007
I speak to the tragic loss of life and tragic injury of so many students and faculty at the distinguished and venerable institution of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. All America joins to mourn these young people whose lives of promise have been cut so short, and those injured as they, hopefully and prayerfully, recover from their wounds. This tragedy, this tragedy is an incomprehensible situation, an incomprehensible, senseless act of violence. For now, however, and forever after, our hearts and our prayers are with the victims, their families, and the other students and faculty at Virginia Tech and, indeed, their families. Virginians are proud of this historic university. I have known it all my lifetime and how it has served our State and Nation for nearly a century and a half as an exemplary institution of learning, one that has contributed many fine young men and women to the Armed Forces of our United States.
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