Barack Obama actually said...

"I ultimately take responsibility for solving this crisis. I'm the President and the buck stops with me. So I give the people of this community and the entire Gulf my word that we're going to hold ours..."

"I'm going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis for as long as it continues. And we will spare no resource to clean up whatever damage is caused."

"We are going to do everything we can to help rebuild."

"As President, I have no greater honor, no greater responsibility than serving as your Commander in Chief."