Barack Obama actually said...

Kenneth Francis Hackett, of Maryland, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Holy See.

The public expects me and the Justice Department and others to protect them from those things.

There's a possibility that they decide -- the Iranians decide -- to take us up on our offer to engage in a more serious, substantive way.

We intend to continue to contribute to international endeavors to counter terrorism within the framework of the United Nations.