English subtitles for clip: File:West Wing Week- 01-18-13 or "-NowIsTheTime".webm

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Press Corps Photographers:
Welcome to West Wing Week!

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♪♪ (Drum and Bugle Corps) ♪♪

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Narrator:
Welcome to the West Wing Week!

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Your guide to everything
that's happening at 1600

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Pennsylvania Avenue.

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This week, President Hamid Karzi
came to the White House; as did

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nine newly-posted foreign
ambassadors; the President

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held the final news conference
of his first term; and initiated

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23 separate Executive Actions
to combat gun violence.

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(children gasp)

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The President:
Hi, guys! How's everybody doin'?

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Narrator:
That's January 11th
to January 17th or

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"#nowisthetime!"

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On Friday, the President hosted
President Hamid Karzi and his

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delegation at the White House to
discuss our continued transition

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in Afghanistan and the
enduring partnership between

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our two countries.

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The President:
Our troops will continue
to fight alongside Afghans

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when needed.

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But let me say it as plainly
as I can, starting this spring,

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our troops will have
a different mission:

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Training, advising,
assisting Afghan forces.

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It will be an historic moment
and another step toward full

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Afghan sovereignty, something I
know that President Karzai cares

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deeply about, as do
the Afghan people.

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Narrator:
Friday also marked the 105th
anniversary of the designation

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of the Grand Canyon as
a national monument.

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West Wing Week caught up with
Secretary of the Interior,

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Ken Salazar, for an
installment of...

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This Day In History!

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(short drumroll)

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Secretary Salazar:
January 11th is a very
important day in the history

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of the United States.

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That's the day when President
Teddy Roosevelt declared the

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Grand Canyon as a
national monument.

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♪♪ (spiccato strings music) ♪♪

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Today the Grand Canyon hosts
as many as 4 million visitors

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a year and creates about
6,000 jobs a year for the

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surrounding economy.

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It is one of the keystones that
brings people from around the

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world to come and visit
the United States of America

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and the Southwest.

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It is one of our crown
jewels of the Southwest.

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It ties into our great national
parks at Rocky Mountain and

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places like Boulder Canyon, the
Glen Canyon and so many other

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places which truly are economic
drivers for our economy.

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President Obama has been a
strong proponent at making sure

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that we're taking care of these
very special places because the

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President knows that every
job we create in America is

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important and these jobs that
come through conservation

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especially affect the rural
economies in a very good way.

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We're very proud of the
work that we've done at

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the Grand Canyon.

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Narrator:
On Monday, the President invited
the White House Press Corps to

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the East Room for one last news
conference before his first term

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as President comes to an end.

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He used the occasion to
explain why Republicans in

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Congress should not refuse
to increase the debt limit.

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The President:
So to even entertain the idea
of this happening, of the United

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States of America not paying
its bills, is irresponsible.

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It's absurd.

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You don't go out to dinner, then
eat all you want, and then leave

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without paying the check.

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If Congress wants to have a
debate about maybe we shouldn't

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go out to dinner next time,
maybe we should go to a more

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modest restaurant, that's fine.

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♪♪ (trumpets announcing) ♪♪

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Narrator:
That afternoon, nine
recently-posted foreign

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ambassadors arrived at the White
House for a traditional ceremony

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that marks the formal beginning
of their tenure in Washington

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representing the
Republic of Poland;

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Japan;

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the Republic of Zambia;

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Mongolia;

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the Republic of Kazakhstan;

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the Republic of Paraguay;

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Tuvalu;

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the Republic of Maldives;

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and Mexico.

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The President:
You guys wrote me these
letters that were truly --

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, the President
and Vice President unveiled a

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package of proposals to reduce
gun violence as part of the

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Administration's response to the
Newtown, Connecticut shootings.

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The President:
Over the month since the tragedy
in Newtown, we've heard from so

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many and obviously none have
affected us more than the

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families of those gorgeous
children, and their teachers

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and guardians who were lost.

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But we also heard from
unexpected people.

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In particular, I started getting
a lot of letters from kids.

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Four of them are here today:
Grant Fritz, Julia Stokes,

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Hinna Zeejah, and Taejah Goode.

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They're pretty representative of
some of the messages that I got.

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These are some pretty smart
letters from some pretty smart

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young people.

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(camera shutters clicking)

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And their voices should
compel us to change.

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Narrator:
The package included 23
Executive Actions that the

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President initiated immediately.

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And also specific legislative
recommendations that Congress

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should also act on urgently.

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(applause)

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The President:
Thank you.

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(applause)

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Narrator:
Later, Ben Rhodes summarized
for us President Hamid Karzi's

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visit for...

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"The Rhodes Traveled."

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Ben Rhodes:
Hi. Last week the President met
with President Hamid Karzi of

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Afghanistan here at the White
House and the two leaders made

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an important decision that
Afghanistan and its security

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forces would move into the lead
across Afghanistan for security

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this spring on the way to a full
transition Afghan security by

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the end of next year.

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It's an important milestone on
the path towards ending the war

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and once again a reminder of the
extraordinary sacrifices that

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our troops have made
in Afghanistan over

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the last decade.

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Narrator:
To find out more information
on any of these topics or to

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see complete videos of these
events, go to WhiteHouse.gov.

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And thanks again for checking
out your West Wing Week!

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The President:
Come on.

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The Vice President:
Look at the smile on this guy.

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I mean, this guy --

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The President:
He's a handsome guy.

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The Vice President:
He is a handsome guy.

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The President:
He's gonna break some
hearts, absolutely.

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Come on.

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Ben Rhodes:
Good?

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Producer:
Perfect!

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Ben Rhodes:
There we go!

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(hand clap)