Barack Obama actually said...

"I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis."

"Every decision we make is based on a single criterion: What's going to best protect and make whole the people and the ecosystems of the Gulf?"

"All have strived to ensure their children could achieve something greater and have preserved the promise of America for future generations."

"This Memorial Day, we express our deepest appreciation to the men and women in uniform who gave their last full measure of devotion so we might live in freedom."