Barack Obama actually said...

"President Obama explicitly rejected the legal conclusions contained in the Task Force Reports"

"During his campaign, President Obama made a commitment that his Administration would openly engage the people of Puerto Rico in engineering a 'genuine and transparent process of self-determination tha..."

"We have a duty of social responsibility to end the status dilemma and free our children to realize their own dreams as individuals and as a people."

"Above all, it would be an injustice if we fail to act now, because gradualism may limit the solutions and options available to the next generation."