Presidential Speeches & RemarksPresident George W. Bush's featured speeches and remarks.President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Private First Class Ross Andrew McGinnis - June 2, 2008- June 2, 2008 President Bush on Monday said, "When Ross McGinnis was in kindergarten, the teacher asked him to draw a picture of what he wanted to be when he grew up. He drew a soldier. Today our nation... recognizes him as a soldier, and more than that -- because he did far more than his duty. In the words of one of our commanding generals, 'Four men are alive because this soldier embodied our Army values and gave his life.' The day will come when the mission he served has been completed and the fighting is.http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080602-1.html |