"Those folks don't have a lot of responsibilities. They are not commander-in-chief.... When I see the casualness with which some of these folks talk about war, I'm reminded of the costs war.... If they want to launch a war, they should say so. Everything else is just talk."

— President Barack Obama, in first press conference of the year with White House reporters Tuesday, takes on his critics on Iran, suggesting they are willing to "play politics" with foreign policy.