English subtitles for clip: File:2016-08-20 President Obama's Weekly Address.webm

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President Obama: Hi
everybody, earlier this

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summer Michelle, Malia,
Sasha and I had a quest to

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the national parks at
Carlsbad Caverns and Yosemite.

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And I have got to say it
was a breath of fresh air.

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We explored hundreds of
feet of underground.

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Standing beneath dripping
stalactites in New Mexico.

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We hiked up a misty trail
next to a waterfall in

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California, and I even
took a few pictures of my own.

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Which I thought were
pretty good, but the truth

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is no camera, especially
one with me behind it, can

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fully capture the beauty
and majesty of America's

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National Parks.

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From glaciers in Denali,
to Gettysburg and Seneca

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Falls are more than 400
parks and other sites that

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capture our history and
our sense of wonder.

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As FDR once said, there is
nothing so American as our

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national parks.

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The fundamental idea
behind the parks is that

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the country belongs
to the people.

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This month we are
celebrating the 100th

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anniversary of the
national park service.

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And I want to encourage
all of you to find your

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park, so that you and your
family can experience

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these sacred places too.

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If you are a military
family you can even get in

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free through Michelle and
Joe Biden's Joining

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Forces Initiative.

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And if you have got a
fourth grader in the

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family you can get a free
pass too by going

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to EVERYKIDINAPARK.ORG.

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I hope you do because all
across the country the

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national park service is
preparing for a big year.

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We are revitalizing a
grove of giant sequoia's

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in Yosemite, repairing
the Lincoln Memorial, and

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enhancing the iconic
entrance to our first

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national park
at Yellowstone.

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As President, I am proud
to have built upon

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America's tradition
of conservation.

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We have protected more
than 265 million acres of

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public lands and waters.

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More than any
administration in history.

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We have recovered
endangered wildlife

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species, and restored
vulnerable ecosystems.

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We, have designated new
monuments to Cesar Chavez

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in California, and Pullman
porters in Chicago, and

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the folks who stood up for
equality at Stonewall in

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New York to better reflect
the full history

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of our nation.

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And we have got more work
to do to preserve our

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lands, culture,
and history.

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So, we are not done yet.

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As we look ahead, the
threat of climate change

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means that protecting our
public lands and waters is

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more important than ever.

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Rising temperatures could
mean no more glaciers in

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Glacier National Park,
no more Joshua trees in

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Joshua Tree National Park.

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Rising seas could destroy
vital ecosystems in the

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Everglades, even threaten
Ellis Island and the

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Statue of Liberty.

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So, in the coming years
and decades we have to

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have the foresight and the
faith in our future to do

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what it takes to protect
our parks, and protect our

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planet for generations to
come because these parks

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belong to all of us.

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And they are worth
celebrating not just this

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year, but every year.

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Thanks everybody, have a
great weekend and see you

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in the parks.