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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
visited Fort Bliss two years

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after he marked the end of
major combat operations in

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Iraq; and visited with
victims of Hurricane Isaac.

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Meanwhile, the White House
released it's top secret beer

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recipe; and a new White House
app; and "We the People" had

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its 3 millionth signature.

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That's August 31st to
September 6th or "Engage!"

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On Friday, two years after his
visit to Fort Bliss to mark

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the end of the combat mission
in Iraq, the President

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returned to speak to the
troops and discussed his

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commitment to our men and
women in uniform as we begin

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to turn the page
on a decade of war.

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The President:
When I was here last,
I made you a pledge.

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I said that as President,
I will insist that America

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serves you and your families
as well as you've served us.

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Because part of ending wars
responsibly is caring for

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those who fought in it.

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For a decade you have served
under the dark cloud of war.

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You've endured great loss.

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Good men and women have
given their last full

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measure of devotion.

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But we Americans are strong.

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And we are resilient.

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And we have resolve.

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And now we can see a light ...

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the light of a new
day on the horizon.

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And that's because of you.

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Narrator:
On Saturday, the White House
released a behind-the-scenes

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look at the home brewing process
going on at the White House.

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Over the last few weeks, the
Internet has been buzzing

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about the White House Honey
Ale and the White House Honey

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Porter, two of the beers
brewed on the grounds.

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Until now, chefs have kept
the recipe bottled up.

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But in response to an
outpouring of public interest,

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including thousands who signed
a petition on "We the People"

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the White House's online
petition platform, we decided

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we'd better hop to it
and pop the top on this

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tightly held secret!

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(swish...pop)

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Chef Sam Kass:
So we're very proud of our
new tradition here and we hope

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it lasts for years to come.

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Narrator:
On Monday, the President
visited St. John the Baptist

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Parish in Louisiana to
take in the damage from

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Hurricane Isaac and meet
with officials responding

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to the disaster.

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The President highlighted the
extraordinary work done by

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local first responders who
worked around the clock to

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rescue residents
stranded by high water.

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The President:
Some of the folks that we
just walked by literally had

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to be saved by boat.

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They were in their
homes, trapped.

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The waters came in so quickly.

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But because of the great work
of law enforcement, National

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Guard, Coast Guard, making
sure that folks were out in

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rescue mode rapidly, even in
some cases at risk to their

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own lives, no lives were lost.

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Narrator:
Over the past two years the
number of people visiting

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WhiteHouse.gov on their
mobile devices has tripled.

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So on Tuesday, in order to
meet this growing demand, the

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White House relaunched an
entirely new White House app.

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Now it's even easier
to see what's going on

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at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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And you never have to miss an
episode of a certain weekly

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video series ever again!

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Ad Voice:
(voiceover
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Administration in the White House
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You can download the official
White House app on iPhone,

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iPad or Android devices from
the App Store in Google Play.

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Narrator:
Later, the folks at
WhiteHouse.gov announced

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another milestone.

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"We the People" has
crossed the 3 million

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signature threshold.

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This tool offers a powerful
and simple way to petition

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the Obama White House
on a range of issues.

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If a petition gathers enough
signatures, policy officials

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review it and publish
an official response

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from the White House.

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It's the easiest way to make
your voice heard and you can

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check it out at
WhiteHouse.gov/wethepeople.

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On Wednesday, the White House
hosted a special session of

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"Office Hours" on Twitter
with White House Curator

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Bill Allman.

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He then took us over to the
East Room to show us one of

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the pieces he had spoken about
in an installment of "Catching

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Up With the Curator."

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Bill Allman:
In the southeast corner is a
great portrait of President

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Theodore Roosevelt.

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It was painted in 1903 by
John Singer Sargent here at

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the White House.

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The story goes that Teddy
Roosevelt was so busy all the

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time that he didn't have time
to pose for his portrait and

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he came bounding down the
staircase one day and the

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artist was working.

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And the artist said, Mr.
President, when will you

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let me paint your portrait?

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And he said, paint
me right now!

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And he put his and up on the
newel post and was painted on

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the staircase.

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It's believed to be a true
story except that that newel

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post doesn't show in any
photograph of any White House

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staircase and so it may have
been artistic license to paint

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it the way the artist did.

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Theodore Roosevelt was very
active with the renovation of

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the White House in 1902.

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And this room had no carpets
at that time and it was a

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great favorite of the
Roosevelt children.

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They were known to roller
skate on the beautiful parquet

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floor in the room.

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Theodore Roosevelt also
used the room for Judo

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demonstrations and boxing
matches and a variety of things.

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And today it's used for bill
signings and press conferences

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and swearing-in ceremonies
and anything else that needs

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to happen.

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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:
-- the graphic.

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All right?

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I'm the master, I'm
the master tweeter!

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White House Staff:
Twoosh.

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White House Staff:
Because you have
no characters left,

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that's the perfect tweet.

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The President:
That's the perfect tweet!

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White House Staff:
That's the perfect tweet.

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The President:
What's it called?

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White House Staff:
A twoosh.

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The President:
A twoosh?

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White House Staff:
A twitter swoosh.

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The President:
I twooshed!