President George W. Bush thanks the military in a speech at MCAS in Mirmar, California: “We’re on the offensive against these killers; we’re going after them; we’ll raid their hiding places; and we’ll find them. The brave Americans who carry out these missions can know they will have every tool and every resource they need to defend themselves and to do the job they were sent to do. The terrorists will meet their end. And in the meantime, the Iraqi people are making steady progress, and building a stable society, and beginning to form a democratic government. Iraq’s new Governing Council represents the nation’s diverse groups.”
– Transcript, “President Bush Thanks Military,” George W. Bush – White House Archives online, Accessed on 7/27/2016