Barack Obama actually said...

We welcome the leadership of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

We must work to protect the Afghan people from the Taliban, which is responsible for the vast majority of innocent civilian deaths.

We cannot allow the potentially protracted pursuit of claims to prevent us from swift action to help those harmed by this spill.

We simply cannot let lobbyist-inspired loopholes and special carve-outs weaken real reform that will empower American families.