Barack Obama actually said...

"President Obama's strategy--as laid out in his West Point address on December 1, 2009--focuses on our core goal, which is to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda and to prevent its capacity to thre..."

"The President's 1 December speech reaffirmed the March 2009 core goal: to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat al Qaeda."

"the Taliban has maintained common cause with al Qaeda, as they both seek an overthrow of the Afghan Government."

"Willie Richardson has distinguished himself throughout a long career in public safety."