Barack Obama actually said...

"the U.S.-Australia alliance continues to be indispensable to our future."

"No process of reform will succeed without national reconciliation. You now have a moment of remarkable opportunity to transform cease-fires into lasting settlements, and to pursue peace where conflict..."

"We must tell our children. But more than that, we must teach them. Because remembrance without resolve is a hollow gesture."

"A full, frank, and just acknowledgement of the facts is in all of our interests."