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The President:
Amazing grace.

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The Press: (Inaudible)

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The President:
Amazing grace.

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Narrator: Welcome to the
West Wing Week, your guide

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to everything
that's happening

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at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue and beyond.

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This week, the President
signed a bipartisan trade

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deal, welcomed the
President of Brazil to the

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White House, and showed her one
of our nation's national

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treasures; hosted 50 Girls
in Green on the South Lawn

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for a campout to celebrate
the great outdoors; answered

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questions about healthcare
in Tennessee and online; and

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traveled to Wisconsin to
announce new overtime

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protections for
hard-working Americans.

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(Applause)

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Narrator: That's June
26th to July 2nd,

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or Amazing Grace.

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The President: ♪♪ Amazing
grace, how sweet the sound ♪♪

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(Applause)

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Narrator: On Friday, the
Supreme Court made history,

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making same-sex marriage
legal in all 50 states in

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writing a new chapter
in the story of

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American civil rights.

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The President: Sometimes
two steps forward, one step

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back, propelled by the
persistent effort of

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dedicated citizens.

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And then sometimes there are
days like this, when that

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slow, steady effort is
rewarded with justice that

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arrives like a thunderbolt.

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Narrator: Meanwhile, the
White House staff was busy

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preparing for a visual
spectacle that would wow

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people across the country
and around the world.

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Shortly before noon on
Friday, the President and

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First Lady boarded Air
Force One, bound for

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South Carolina.

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There, along with the Vice
President Dr. Biden, the

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President offered a moving
eulogy to honor that life of

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Pastor and State Senator,
Clementa Pinckney.

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The President: Reverend
Pinckney once said, "Across

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the South, we have a deep
appreciation of history.

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We haven't always had a
deep appreciation

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of each other's history.

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What is true in the South
is true for America."

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(Applause)

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And history can't be a sword
to justify injustice or a

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shield against progress, but
must be a manual for how to

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avoid repeating the
mistakes of the past.

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He knew that the path of
grace involves an open mind,

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but more importantly
an open heart.

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Narrator: On Monday, the
President sent two bills

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into law that would help
rewrite the rules of our

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trade policy to enact
enforceable, progressive

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standards on labor in the
environment and help U.S.

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workers compete in a 21st
century global economy.

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The President: I thought
we'd start off the week with

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something we should do
more often: a truly

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bipartisan bill signing.

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Male Speaker: (Inaudible)

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(Laughter)

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Narrator: On that lovely
afternoon, the President

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took President Dilma
Rousseff of Brazil on an

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outing, to take in one of
the newest treasures of our

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National Park Service:
the Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Memorial.

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On Tuesday, the West Wing
entrance was prepped for an

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arrival fit for a
President: Dilma Rousseff.

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The Presidents met in the
Oval Office and later in the

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East Room for a
news conference.

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The President: As we look
ahead to the Olympics next

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summer, we Americans will be
cheering proudly

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for Team USA.

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Dilma did give me a very
nice yellow-and-green

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sweatshirt, which says
"bazilly" on the back.

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I can't wear
that in public --

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(Laughter)

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-- because I have to root
for the USA, but at home at

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night it's very
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(Laughter)

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-- so who knows?

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I might -- I
might slip it on.

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Narrator: On Tuesday, the
South Lawn had very special

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visitors: 50 girl scouts,
who set up tents and sang

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campfire songs with the
President and First Lady.

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Female Speaker: ♪♪ Girls like
us reach out in peace,

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different ♪♪

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The President: They
just showed up.

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(Laughter)

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The President: I don't
know what you guys

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are doing here.

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I don't know how
that happened.

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(Laughter)

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Mrs. Obama: They said,
"We're making history."

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The President: You're
making history.

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Multiple Speakers: --
♪♪ circles now that has no end;

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that's how long I want
to be your friend. ♪♪

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The President: Wow, so you
guys are making new friends?

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Female Speakers: Yeah!

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Female Speaker: Can we hug?

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The President: But I --
we can have a group hug.

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Female Speakers: Yeah!

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(Laughter)

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Narrator: They also got to
check out some beautiful

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celestial bodies
in a telescope.

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The President: Thank you.

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Love astronomy.

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Mrs. Obama: If you've been
on a White House tour,

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you may have seen this sign.

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Well, not anymore.

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Narrator: On Wednesday
morning, White House

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tourists were surprised
with an announcement: the

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four-decades-old policy of
prohibiting photos along the

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tour was quite
literally ripped up.

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Also that morning, the
President announced the next

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step in normalizing
relationships with Cuba:

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opening an American
embassy in Havana.

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The President: A year
ago, it might have seemed

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impossible that the United
States would once again be

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raising our flag, the stars
and stripes, over an embassy

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in Havana.

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This is what
change looks like.

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Narrator: Then it was on to
Music City -- Nashville,

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Tennessee -- where the
President was accompanied by

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his dear friend
Natoma Canfield.

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The President:
Good to see you!

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Natoma Canfield: Thank you.

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The President: Sounds
like you're doing great.

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Narrator: He recalled that
in 2009 Natoma wrote a

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letter to the President,
encouraging him to persevere

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during the fierce
negotiations over the

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Affordable Care Act.

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Her letter inspired him, and
he carried it in his pocket

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every day of the fight
to pass the bill.

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Now on the drive to the
Nashville event, the

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President and his motorcade
stopped off to pick up Kelly

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Bryan, who earlier this year
also wrote a letter to the

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President, thanking him for
the quality healthcare she

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was able to afford thanks
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The three then headed to
Stratton Elementary School

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for a town hall meeting,
where the President even got

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to meet Davey Crockett.

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The President:
That's a cool name.

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(Laughter)

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The President:
Davey, Davey --

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(Laughter)

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Narrator: The President
didn't stop there.

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It was on to the internet
superhighway, where he took

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questions on Twitter
using the #askPOTUS.

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That's right; POTUS has his
own Twitter handle, so be

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sure to check it out.

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If it's Thursday, it must
be Wisconsin, where the

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President visited La Crosse
to discuss his plan to

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extend overtime protections
to guarantee fair pay for

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the hardest-working
Americans and potentially

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give a raise to 5
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American workers.

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So remember, stay engaged
with us online, and you can

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find out more information
about any of these topics

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and see complete videos
of these events at

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whitehouse.gov.

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Thanks so much for checking
out this "love wins" edition

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of West Wing Week.

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The President: For those of
you who work for me, get

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back to work.

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(Laughter)

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The President: Thank you
very much, everybody.

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(Applause)