Barack Obama actually said...

"My job is to communicate the fact that the United States has a stake in the well-being of the Muslim world; that the language we use has to be a language of respect."

"What I told him is start by listening because all too often, the United States starts by dictating."

"I do think it is impossible for us to think only in terms of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not think in terms of what's happening with Syria or Iran or Lebanon."

"Will he get what he wants tomorrow for the vote?"