Barack Obama actually said...

I have determined that it is necessary to continue in effect after September 14, 2014, the national emergency with respect to the terrorist ...

We do rule out the payment of ransom.

We stand tall and unafraid, because no act of terror can match the character of our Union or change who we are.

I ask that the people of the United States honor and remember the victims of September 11, 2001, and their loved ones through prayer, contem...