Barack Obama actually said...

These are values that have guided our Nation since its founding.

We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced and vulnerable in Iraq and Syria.

I invite the Governors of the United States and its Territories and interested organizations and individuals to join in this observance.

Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assis...