He thanked them for everything from algebra to the pen, though he curiously failed to mention that they often throw people in prison for using it.
He even went so far as to tell the audience that he considers "it part of my responsibility as president of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."
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Why is his responsibility to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam? Don't they have their own leaders? unless Obama thinks he is the leader of the Muslim world too!