Barack Obama actually said...

Iqbal Paroo, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation.

If we keep fighting for the things that always made us strong, we will be better off.

There's one thing that this crisis has not changed: It hasn't changed who we are.

Pamela Ki Mai Chen, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Raymond J. Dearie, retired.