Barack Obama actually said...

"The -- a demand for these drugs in the United States is what is helping to keep these cartels in business."

"This war is being waged with guns purchased not here, but in the United States."

"Are we going to eliminate all drug flows? Are we going to eliminate all guns coming over the border? That's not a realistic objective. What is a realistic objective is to reduce it so significantly, s..."

"I have the greatest admiration and courage for President Calderon and his entire cabinet, his rank-and-file police officers and soldiers as they take on these cartels."