Barack Obama actually said...

"We are all grateful to you for your outstanding service."

"The effective dissemination of a lethal biological agent within an unprotected population could place at risk the lives of hundreds of thousands of people."

"Together, I am confident that we will write the next great chapter in America's story."

"What's required is all of us to embrace a new era of responsibility, where we expect and demand not only more of our leaders, but more of ourselves."