Just in case you missed this statement by the President Bush as reported on the Ashbrook blog.

They commemorate Hanukkah at the White House, using a menorah that once belonged to Daniel Pearl?s grandfather. Read the President?s remarks here:


While reporting in Pakistan in 2002, Daniel was kidnapped and murdered by terrorists. His only crime was being a Jewish American?something Daniel Pearl would never deny. In his final moments, Daniel told his captors about a street in Israel named for his great-grandfather. He looked into their camera and he said, “My father is Jewish, my mother is Jewish, and I?m Jewish.” These words have become a source of inspiration for Americans of all faiths. They show the courage of a man who refused to bow before terror?and the strength of a spirit that could not be broken.