Barack Obama actually said...

I'm not afraid of losing the P.R. war to dictators. I'm happy to look them in the eye and say what needs to be said.

I am proud of my Christian faith. And it informs what I do. But I am a strong believer in the separation of church and state.

We've got to put the national interests ahead of special interests, and that's what I'll do as president of the United States.

I would. And the reason is this, that the notion that somehow not talking to countries is punishment to them -- which has been the guiding d...