Mu butumwa Bwana Obama yari yageneye abitabiriye igitaramo, yagize ati: "Nk'abahoze ari abaperezida, twashatse gufasha benewacu b'Abanyamerika gutangira kwisuganya." Uwamubanjirije, Bwana Bush yongeyeho ati: "Abantu barababaye hano ariko nk'uko umwe mu banya Texas yabivuze, muri Texas dufite urukundo rwinshi kurusha amazi." Abahoze ari abaperezida bose babanje kubahiriza indirimbo y'igihugu mbere yo gufata ibyicaro byabo bareba abahanzi nka Lee Greenwood wafunguye igitaramo mu ndirimo, "Proud to be an American" [Ntewe ishema no kuba Umunyamerika], ndetse na Lady Gaga.
