On January 15, 2009, George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, delivered his farewell address to the nation.
THE PRESIDENT:
Four years ago, 262 9/11 family members signed our ‘Open letter to the American people’ in continuing support of the mission in Iraq. We reminded the hindsight critics of the invasion that we have seen a threat left unchecked materialize in the deaths of our loved ones: