Obama citizenship questions "Nonsense" according to the President

"They have every right to be frustrated. And they have every right to be angry. And I think the message that I will continue to deliver in the months ahead and the years ahead is it took us a long time to get into this hole that we're in. . . . We've been through tougher times before. And we always come out ahead. As long as we stay united. As long as we stay optimistic about the future. As long as we stay innovative. As long as we work hard and we apply ourselves."

"We anticipated that the recovery was slowing. The economy is still growing, but it's not growing as fast as it needs to. . . . We should be passing legislation that helps small businesses get credit, that eliminates capital gains taxes so that they have more incentive to invest right now. There are a whole host of measures we could take, [but] no single element of which is a magic bullet but cumulatively can start continuing to build momentum for the recovery."

"If you can build a church on that site, if you can build a synagogue on that site or a Hindu temple on that site, then we can't treat people of the Islamic faith differently. . . . I didn't walk [that statement] back at all. The -- what I said was I was not endorsing any particular project. I was endorsing our Constitution."

"There is great confidence on the part of the commanders on the ground. . . . [The Iraqis'] job right now is to make sure that they get a government completed. And they're going through a political process that is natural in a fledgling democracy. But we're confident that that will get done. And that we're going to be a long term partner within Iraq.

"Part of the reason that I wanted to come down here today to mark the fifth anniversary, was just to send a message [that] . . . all of America, not just people here, not just folks in the White House, but all of America, remains concerned and remains committed to their rebuilding." On charges that the government was slow in responding to the BP oil disaster: [q url="http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/08/30/obama-responds-to-glenn-beck-rally-doubts-about-his-own-religio/"] "It's just not accurate. . . . Because of the sturdiness and swiftness of the response, there's a lot less oil hitting these shores and these beaches than anybody would have anticipated, given the volume that was coming out of the . . . well."

"It's just not accurate. . . . Because of the sturdiness and swiftness of the response, there's a lot less oil hitting these shores and these beaches than anybody would have anticipated, given the volume that was coming out of the . . . well."