Barack Obama actually said...

"And, frankly, if Congress had said yes to helping states put teachers back to work, and put the economy before our politics, then tens of thousands of more teachers in New York would have a job right ..."

"The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me. So I make that point -- I make that point just so you don't buy into this whole bloated government argument that..."

"It's astonishing to him that Congress won't do something to help government add more teachers' jobs, add more police officers, add more firefighters."

"What I'm saying is we consistently -- whenever there is classified information that is put out into the public, we try to find out where that came from."