Barack Obama actually said...

"As a Nation, we're facing tough choices as we put our fiscal house in order. But I want to be absolutely clear: We cannot and we must not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans."

"The blueprint for an economy built to last begins with American manufacturing."

"[An] economy built to last demands that we keep doing everything we can to . . . keep strengthening American manufacturing."

"We have a huge opportunity, at this moment, to bring manufacturing back. But we have to seize it."