Barack Obama actually said...

"And that's why tonight we don't just salute our troops, we salute the military families who have earned the respect of a grateful nation."

"You will have a great secretary of defense in Bob Gates."

"As president I will have no greater honor or responsibility than serving as your commander-in-chief."

"What's required is all of us to embrace a new era of responsibility, where we expect and demand not only more of our leaders, but more of ourselves."