Barack Obama actually said...

"I hereby waive such provisions accordingly."

"America's commitment now to our troops and our veterans is a sacred covenant that we have to keep."

"Jeffrey DeLaurentis, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the ..."

"There's been no greater privilege, no greater honor than serving as the Commander in Chief of the finest military in the history of the world."