Barack Obama actually said...

I expressed my deep appreciation for the fact that Japan is really a model citizen internationally and works in support of international rul...

As President, time and again, I've called for new limitations on earmarks.

We can't afford bridges to nowhere like the one that was planned a few years back in Alaska.

I reiterated our longstanding view that Japan stands as a model of the kind of country we would want to see as a permanent member of the Sec...