Barack Obama actually said...

"We're exploring any reasonable strategies to try and save the Gulf from a spill that may otherwise last until the relief wells are finished."

"The United States and Liberia are close friends, longstanding partners, and Liberia is now emerging from a very difficult period in its history."

"Every person in this room stands at the end of an unbroken chain of perseverance, of a conviction that a better future is possible."

"We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of retired Navy Lt. John William Finn."