Barack Obama actually said...

"The main message we'll want to deliver... is simply our profound gratitude for his leadership all these years."

"I think everything we do is designed to make sure that Africa is not viewed as a dependent, as a charity case, but is instead viewed as a partner."

"We took new ways that we could provide assistance and partner with countries."

"Those countries where businesses can feel confident that there will be peaceful transitions of power, that corruption is prosecuted, where there's rule of law, where there's protection of private prop..."