Barack Obama actually said...

"Let's make sure it's not on the usual plane of politics and point-scoring and pettiness that drifts away in the next news cycle."

"I know that how we treat one another, that's entirely up to us."

"We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence."

"I stress the importance of the work of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as a means to help end the era of political assassinations with impunity."