Who Said It?

1) "Whoever wins the elections, I'm sure that the United States will change, it will have a different approach. The United States will have a reduced sphere of influence in the world. The new president will have to respond to the real demands of the American people.”
2) “Change is realizing that meeting today’s threats requires not just our firepower, but the power of our diplomacy.”
3) “40 million American citizens do not have health insurance.”
4) “45 million Americans who don't have health insurance.”
5) “47 million Americans — including nearly 9 million children — lack health insurance.” -
6) “The victims of the New Orleans hurricane still have no homes."
7) "The lack of affordable housing in New Orleans has prevented many Katrina victims fromreturning to the city."
7) “The United States will have to withdraw the soldiers from Iraq (since) the American people will not tolerate continued spending of billions of dollars on weapons."
8) “…a policy where all we look for are reasons to stay in Iraq, while we spend billions of dollars a month on a war that isn’t making the American people any safer.”
9) "It is they who cut off the links with us, hoping to suffocate us. Today Iran is an advanced country. We are ready for dialogue with anyone in relations based on mutual respect and fairness.”

Statements #1, 3, 6, 9 were made by Mahmoud Ahmadenijad in an interview published June 4 in the Italian daily La Repubblica. He was in Rome to attend the UN food agency's summit on food security. The full quote for #6 is "It is they who cut off the links with us, hoping to suffocate us. Today Iran is an advanced country. We are ready for dialogue with anyone except with the Zionist regime, in relations based on mutual respect and fairness."
Statements #2, 4 was made by Barack Obama, Speech in Iowa City, IA, May 29, 2007
Statements #4 and 5 are from http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/ June 4, 2008
Statement #7 is on http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/KatrinaFactSheetFinal.pdf June5, 2008
Statement #8 is again Barack Obama, Speech in St. Paul MN,, June 3, 2008