Barack Obama actually said...

"I'll always be grateful that you agreed to return to public service."

"Every action Leon Panetta has taken...has been with one goal in mind: taking care of our sons and our daughters in uniform and keeping America safe."

"It is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 7040(a) of the Act."

"For you can say with confidence and with pride that you've fulfilled the hopes that brought Carmelo and Carmelina Panetta to these shores all those years ago."