Barack Obama actually said...

"America's going to make these commitments in Afghanistan."

"The best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed."

"I have acknowledged repeatedly that the fact that we put more troops in [Iraq] helped to quell the violence."

"There's a direct link between the energy problems that we're experiencing here at home and a lack of a coordinated policy in thinking about energy and climate change abroad."