Barack Obama actually said...

I declared a national emergency pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threa...

The victims here are overwhelmingly Syrians and the assault that Assad continues to wage against the Syrian people is heinous and unforgivab...

We are in the process of winding down the sanctions in response to the many positive developments in Libya.

Change is the decision we made to start doing something about our oil addiction, not waiting for Congress.