English subtitles for clip: File:West Wing Week- 07-06-12 or "The Freedom Everybody is Looking for".webm

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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, the President
traveled to Colorado Springs

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to survey fire damage and
thank first responders;

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he also celebrated Independence
Day with a naturalization

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ceremony at the White House;
and a picnic for military

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families on the South Lawn.

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That's June 29th to July 5th
or "The Freedom Everybody

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is Looking For!"

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The President:
He's becoming a
citizen, he says,

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to be a part of the freedom
that everybody is looking for.

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And so we congratulate
Javier Beltran.

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(applause)

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Narrator:
On Friday, the President
traveled to Colorado Springs

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to view damage from the
wild fires and thank the

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firefighters who are bravely
battling to protect homes and

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businesses in the area.

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The President:
This has been a devastating
early fire season for Colorado.

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This community obviously
is heartbroken by the

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loss of homes.

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We're lucky because of the quick
action that has been taken that

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we haven't seen a
lot of loss of life.

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We're going to have a long way
to go before all these fires

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are put out.

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I hope that people all across
the country recognize that when

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challenges like this happen,
all of us come together as

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one American family.

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, the 4th of July,
the President started the day

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with a naturalization ceremony
in the East Room of the White

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House for active duty service
members who on this day would

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officially become
American citizens.

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The President:
With this ceremony
today and ceremonies

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like it across our country,
we affirm another truth: Our

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American journey, our success
would simply not be possible

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without the generations of
immigrants who have come to

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our shores from every
corner of the globe.

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We say it so often we sometimes
forget what it means: We are a

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nation of immigrants.

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Unless you are one of the first
Americans, a Native American,

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we are all descendant from folks
who came from someplace else,

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whether they arrived on the
Mayflower or on a slave ship,

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whether they came through Ellis
Island or across the Rio Grande,

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immigrants signed their names
to our declaration and helped

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win our independence.

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Immigrants helped lay the
railroads and build our

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cities calloused hand
by calloused hand.

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Narrator:
Later, the President
welcomed military

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families to the South Lawn
for the Annual White House

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Independence Day
Picnic and USO Concert.

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The President:
It is always such an honor
for us to spend this holiday

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with members of our military
and your extraordinary families.

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All of you represent
what's best in America.

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You serve under our proud flag.

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You and your families sacrifice
more than most of us can ever

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know all in defense of those
God-given rights that were first

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put to paper 236 years ago...

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life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness.

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So as your Commander in Chief,
but also as an American,

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I want to invite all of you over
to say one thing ... thank you!

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Narrator:
There was face painting, former
Presidents, balloon hats,

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basketball and country music
superstar Brad Paisley.

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Brad Paisley:
I think that the message on
the 4th of July is remembering

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that we chose this as a nation.

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To never just take for granted
to think that this is the way

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life is because it's really not
that way in most of the world.

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And you've got a shining
example of really the greatest

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government and the greatest idea
that's ever been presented as

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far as how to run a country by
some pretty brilliant guys a

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long time ago.

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And on the 4th of July
it's a celebration as much

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as anything for that.

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So for me to be standing here
in the place where that happens,

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where that is executed daily,
the Constitution and this

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Executive Branch,
it's pretty amazing.

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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:
Are you hot?

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Military Families:
Yesssss!

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The President:
It's supposed to be hot!

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It's the 4th of July...

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Now, here's the thing, you
guys just enjoy the heat.

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(laughter)

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Just give in to the sweat.

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Everybody is sweating out here.

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Don't try to stay
cool; just go for it!

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(crowd chatter)

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♪♪ (Hail to the Chief) ♪♪