Barack Obama actually said...

America acts with respect for state sovereignty, so we do not claim the right to take strikes wherever we choose.

Background Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's Speech on Counterterrorism

05/22/2013

More Barack Obama Quotes

I opposed this war back in 2002 when I was running for the United States Senate.

I'm not afraid of losing the P.R. war to dictators. I'm happy to look them in the eye and say what needs to be said.

It's no longer sufficient for us to trot out the old formulas, the old tired phrases. If we want fundamental change, then we can't be afraid...

I don't want a continuation of Bush/Cheney. I don't want Bush/Cheney-lite. I want a fundamental change.