Barack Obama actually said...

We cannot afford to make our deficit problem worse by extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

We don't have to choose between a future of spiraling debt and one where we forfeit our investment in our people and our country.

So, for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, I want to be clear, the United States of America has done what we said w...

This is our generation's 'Sputnik moment'.