Barack Obama actually said...

"I have complete confidence he'll do an outstanding job as CEA Chair."

"I call upon all public officials, educators, librarians, and Americans to observe this week with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities that acknowledge the tremendous achievements HBCUs and..."

"We have the best minds, the best intelligence officers, the best special forces, who are thinking about this day and night as long as I'm president."

"I ran for President because I believed the policies of the previous decade had left our economy weaker and our middle class struggling."