Who said I am no going to be the President who saw Southeast Asia go way China went.?

The quote: “I am not going to be the President who saw Southeast Asia go the way South Asia went” or, more precisely,”…Southeast Asia (going) the way that the Middle East and South Asia and North Africa, and Central Asia (have)” was made by US President Barack Obama during a joint press conference with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at East Room in the White House on August 2, 2012.