Barack Obama actually said...

"What we're seeing today is the beginning of new progress in U.S.-Russian relationship. And I think that President Medvedev's leadership is -- has been critical in allowing that progress to take place."

"I can't be clearer in saying that there are no sides."

"If you look at the sources of this crisis, the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to a regulatory system that was inadequate to the massive changes that have taken place in..."

"I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians, and I'm proud to say I did not nod off in any of those meetings."