Barack Obama actually said...

"The inventions and creativity of our nation's engineers will be a key driver of the American economy and pivotal in securing our role as the world's leading innovator."

"passing a clean-energy standard is a vital step that the Congress can take to broaden our clean-energy market and promote U.S. leadership."

"On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved but it's important for him [incoming Russian President Vladimir Putin] to give me space. This is my last election. After..."

"an all-out, all-in, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every source of American energy--a strategy that is cleaner and cheaper and full of new jobs."