Barack Obama actually said...

Efforts to tie a whole bunch of other issues to what is something that they should be doing anyway will be rejected by me.

I am proud to appoint such impressive individuals to these important roles, and I am grateful they have agreed to lend their considerable ta...

I express my appreciation for the efforts the Chancellor and other European leaders are making to resolve the crisis.

All of us owe these men and women a profound debt of gratitude for the freedoms and standard of living we enjoy today.