Barack Obama actually said...

We cannot afford to make our deficit problem worse by extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans.

So, for those who doubted our capacity to carry out this operation, I want to be clear, the United States of America has done what we said w...

We don't have to choose between a future of spiraling debt and one where we forfeit our investment in our people and our country.

This is our generation's 'Sputnik moment'.