Barack Obama actually said...

"There will be no boots on the ground. There will not be a ground combat role for forces, U.S. forces, in Iraq or potentially Syria."

"the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan will end by the end of this year"

"We have to step back and make decisions based on threat assessments and where the threat is coming from."

"the United States would be prepared to continue two narrow missions in Afghanistan after 2014: training Afghan forces and supporting counterterrorism operations against the remnants of al-Qa'ida"