Barack Obama actually said...

All of us come together, along with Jews around the world, to celebrate a band of Maccabees who inspire us even today.

I underscored the abiding U.S. commitment to the U.S.-Israeli relationship and to further strengthening Israel's security.

The strongmen of today will never extinguish the hope that persists around the world.

We betray our most noble past as well if we were to deny the possibility of movement, the possibility of progress.