Barack Obama actually said...

"Sometimes it's hard to acknowledge sacrifices made by the people whose work or even identity must remain secret."

"Thank you for all the work that you do to protect the American people and the freedom that we all cherish."

"And so what we're going to do is line by line, page by page, $100 million there, $100 million here, pretty soon, even in Washington, it adds up to real money."

"The fact that we are willing to acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud to be President of the United States."