Barack Obama actually said...

"Both Republican and Democratic senators expressed grave concern about the situation in Iraq. I personally indicated that an escalation of troop levels in Iraq was a mistake."

"The President does not have the power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the Nation."

"We should do everything we can to ensure the American public can easily access and track how the Federal Government does its business, because we can't reduce waste, fraud, and abuse without knowing h..."

"I think it would be hard not to see in this report a rebuke of a ideologically-driven strategy that has the been blind to what's been happening on the ground for the last several years."