Barack Obama actually said...

"Sylvia has spent a career fighting for working families, and she was part of an OMB team that presided over three budget surpluses in a row."

"Nations grow stronger by acknowledging and reckoning with painful elements of the past, thereby building a foundation for a more just and tolerant future."

"I hereby order, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that the flag of the United States shall be flown at half-staff at all public buildings ..."

"That all of us have a stake in their success, and all of us have a stake in a country that expresses this incredible quality of compassion and concern."