Barack Obama actually said...

"What you have here between the borders of Afghanistan and Pakistan is the epicenter of violent extremism directed against the West and directed against the United States."

"We are our brother's keeper; that we are our sister's keeper."

"Well, look, as commander in chief, obviously I reserve the option to do what I think is going to be best for the American people at that point in time and our national security."

"The answer is that, in the absence of a deadline, the message we are sending to the Afghans is, it's business as usual, this is an open-ended commitment."