Barack Obama actually said...

"I call upon the people of the United States to mark this observance by honoring the service of merchant mariners and by displaying the flag of the United States at their homes and in their communities..."

"Standing up for the American people is exactly what we're doing here today."

"Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, vice Roger Romulus Martella, Jr."

"Too many Americans are hurting."