Barack Obama actually said...

"It's by increasing frustration that all of his messages to the prime minister about constraining settlement activity... have not been heeded."

"It is long past time for the Congress to lift the restrictions it has imposed, work to responsibly and safely close the facility, and remove this blot on our national honor."

"The withdrawal of these canyons from mineral leasing will help protect habitats, preserve critical ecological hot spots, conserve economically valuable fisheries, afford long-term opportunity for rese..."

"This action builds on the President's creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument."