English subtitles for clip: File:President Obama Speaks to Troops at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.webm

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Audience Members:
(applause)

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Mr. President:
Hello everybody.

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Merry Christmas.

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Audience Members:
Merry Christmas.

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Mr. President: Aloha.

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Mele Kalikimaka.

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Audience Members:
(talking simultaneously)

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Mr. President:
Thank you so much.

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Well, I just want to first
of all thank Colonel

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Killeen, and General
Kavanaugh, and Sergeant

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Major Hall, and all of
you for the unbelievable

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service that you have
rendered our country.

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This is one of our
favorite things to do

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because it's one of those
circumstances where we get

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a chance to not just
say, "Thank you," to our

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incredible men and women
in uniform, but oftentimes

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we also get a chance
to see some families.

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And, as Michelle and Jill
Biden have worked so

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diligently to tell the
rest of the country, not

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only do our troops serve,
but their families serve

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along side them.

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Michelle Obama:
(applause)

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The President: And --
that's what she's --

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Audience Members:
(applause)

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The President: -- that
what she just said.

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And, you know, yesterday
during Christmas --

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something that I've been
doing during Christmas and --

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Michelle Obama:
Christmas eve.

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Mr. President: -- or
yesterday during Christmas

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eve, thank you, but
it was Christmas --

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Michelle Obama:
He's on vacation.

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Mr. President: No,
no, no, hold on.

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There's a reason for that
slight error, because

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my time was off.

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Yesterday I called -- as I
do every Christmas -- some

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of our folks that are
stationed overseas in Iraq

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and Afghanistan, and some
in some very remote spots.

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Some of them who, as we
speak, are carrying out

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missions to defeat ISIL,
carrying out missions to

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protect us from all manner
of threat, and just to

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remind them that -- as
tough as it is to be

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deployed -- the people
here in America, back

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home, understand that
every single day that

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you're serving, you're
fighting for our freedom,

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and fighting to keep us
safe, and fighting to

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maintain our way of life.

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It's impossible for us to
fully repay what you've

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done and the sacrifices
that you make, but at

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least it's important to
hear from us that what you

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do matters, and that we
know about it, and that

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we're grateful, and that
we'll stay grateful even

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when many of you end up
being out of uniform and

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are Veterans, and that we
make sure we're serving

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you as well as
you've served us.

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So, I just want all of you
to know that it has been

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the privilege of my
life to serve as your

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Commander-in-Chief; I know
Michelle feels the same

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way when it comes to being
able to stand alongside

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our military families,
and our Veterans.

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And, although this will be
my last time addressing

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you as President, I want
you to know that as a

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citizen, my gratitude will
remain, and our commitment

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to standing by you every
step of the way, that

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won't stop.

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So, thank you so much for
everything that you've done.

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I hope you guys have had
a wonderful Christmas.

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Young people, I
hope Santa was okay.

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Audience Members:
(laughter)

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The President: And we look
forward to seeing you for

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many years to come,
because I understand that,

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you know, I still have
a little bit of rank as

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ex-President.

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So --

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Audience Members:
(laughter)

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The President: -- I still
get to use the gym on base --

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Audience Members:
(laughter)

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The President: -- and, of
course, the golf course.

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So --

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Audience Members:
(laughter)

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The President: -- thank
you very much, everybody.

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God bless you.

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We'll see you
taking pictures.

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Thank you.

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Audience Members:
(applause)