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Bush speaks for grieving nation.(The Dallas Morning News)

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| February 01, 2003 | Hillman, G. Robert; Jackson, David | COPYRIGHT 2003 Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: G. Robert Hillman and David Jackson

WASHINGTON _ President Bush consoled grieving families and a stunned nation Saturday on the loss of the space shuttle Columbia and its seven astronauts.

"The Columbia is lost. There are no survivors," the commander-in-chief reported on a day of what he called "terrible news and great sadness."

Yet, in a somber address from the Cabinet Room of the White House, the president reaffirmed the nation's resolve to continue its push into space.

"Mankind is led into the darkness beyond our world by the inspiration of discovery and the longing to understand," he said. " Our journey into space will go on."

Bush had been in his cabin, Aspen Lodge, at the Camp David presidential retreat outside Washington Saturday morning when he first learned of trouble in space. ...

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