Barack Obama actually said...

"The bond and the friendship that is felt between the United States and Ireland is something that I think everybody understands."

"We are better for their contributions to our democracy, and we are richer for their art and their literature, their poetry and their songs."

"The American people sent us here to get things done."

"Turning the tide on the threat of nuclear weapons and strengthening the international non-proliferation regime is one of the great and urgent challenges of our time."