Barack Obama actually said...

"Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations."

"I express my personal gratitude for General Odierno's leadership of U.S. Forces in Iraq."

"I am grateful that these highly qualified men and women have agreed to lend their talents to this administration as we work to boost our nation's exports over the next five years."

"I'm proud that the number of Latinos I've nominated to Senate-confirmed positions at this point far exceeds that of any administration in history."