Barack Obama actually said...

"I am confident that if we are persistent and we don't approach this with a thought that there is a silver bullet out there but instead are willing to try a range of methods to deliver on the economic ..."

"We are not in Afghanistan to control that country or to dictate its future."

"If the new strategy doesn't work, President Obama made it clear changes would be made, saying he not blindly stay the course."

"So, I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda in Pakistan and Afghanistan and to prevent their return to either country ..."