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♪♪ (Drum and Bugle Corps) ♪♪

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Narrator:
Welcome to the West Wing Week,
your guide to everything that's

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happening at 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue.

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This week the President traveled
to Detroit with the President of

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South Korea; dedicated
the Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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National Memorial; embarked
on a three-day American Jobs

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Act bus tour; bestowed the
Presidential Citizens Medal;

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and hosted the Norwegian
Prime Minister.

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That's October 14th to
October 20th or "Right Now!"

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The President:
They're going to have to come
back and explain to you why they

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don't have an answer for how
we're putting Americans to

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work right now!

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(cheering and applause)

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Narrator:
On Friday, the President
traveled to Detroit and invited

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his friend President
Lee of South Korea.

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The two Presidents heard from
and spoke with workers who have

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benefited from the kind of
job-creating initiatives

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supported by the
recently-approved trade

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agreement with South Korea.

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The President:
I think this is exactly what
this trade deal is all about.

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Narrator:
Two years ago, this plant
was set to be closed down.

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But as part of the President's
decision to restructure GM and

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Chrysler, it entered into a
joint venture with GM Korea

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to invest in U.S. manufacturing
and to make the new Chevy Sonic

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subcompact car right here in
America instead of in Korea.

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As a result, more than 1700
good American jobs were saved.

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The President:
Two years ago it looked like
this plant was going to have

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to shut its doors.

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All of these jobs
would have been lost;

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the entire community would
have been devastated.

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So on a larger scale the closer
economic ties between the United

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States and Korea are going
to lead to more jobs,

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more opportunity
for both nations.

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(applause)

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Narrator:
On a remarkable
octuminal Sunday morning,

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the First Family attended the
dedication of the Martin Luther

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King, Jr., Memorial
on the National Mall.

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The President:
Nearly half a century has
passed since that historic

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"March On Washington."

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Look at the faces here around
you and you see an America that

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is more fair and more free and
more just than the one Dr. King

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addressed that day.

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And so as we think about all the
work that we must do rebuilding

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an economy that can
compete on a global stage,

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and fixing our schools so that
every child, not just some,

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but every child gets a
world class education,

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and making sure that our health
care system is affordable and

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accessible to all and that our
economic system is one in which

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everybody gets a fair shake and
everybody does their fair share!

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(applause)

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We've got to keep pushing
for what ought to be!

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Narrator:
On Monday, October 17th,
the President kicked off his

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three-day American Jobs Act
bus tour in North Carolina,

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with a visit to Asheville
Regional Airport --

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(cheers and applause)

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-- where he discussed the need
to renovate airports like these

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through funding for airport
infrastructure and modernization

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proposals including in the
American Jobs Act and put people

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back to work right now!

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The President:
Those are the choices that
Members of Congress are going

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to face in the coming weeks.

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If they vote against taking
steps that we know will put

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Americans back to
work right now --

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Audience Member:
Right now!

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The President:
-- right now!

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Audience Members:
Right now!

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The President:
-- then they're not going
to have to answer to me;

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they're going to have
to answer to you!

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(cheers and applause)

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Narrator:
After winding through the Blue
Ridge Mountains on a picturesque

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fall day, the President stopped
in for barbecue in Marion where

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he got to meet some of the
community's 8,000 residents.

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The President:
Nice to see you today.

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Marion Resident:
Thank you.

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The President:
Very nice. The food must be good!

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Marion Residents:
Oh, it is!

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The President:
That's what I was told.

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That's why we stopped here.

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(laughter)

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Because we decided
we'd get some food.

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(cross talk)

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The President:
I'm going to take it to go.

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Can I get some sweet tea?

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Cashier:
I'll get you some sweet tea.

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The President:
It's so beautiful around here.

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Marion Resident:
Oh, yes.

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The President:
It really is.

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It's one of my favorite
parts of the country.

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Narrator:
Next it was on to Boone, home
to Appalachian State University,

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for Halloween candy
and carrot cake.

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The President:
And put, like, three quarts.

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Store Clerk:
Three quarts?

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Boone Resident:
Enjoy that cake!

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The President:
I will. And you can tell I will!

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Narrator:
The President then stopped in
Millers Creek, North Carolina,

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where he sat down for an
interview with local reporter

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and Emmy Award Winner Dave
Wagner from WCNC Charlotte.

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The President then spoke to
the students and faculty of

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West Wilkes High School --

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(cheers and applause)

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-- about the proposals in the
American Jobs Act that would

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support nearly 400,000
educator jobs and prevent

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teacher layoffs.

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The second day of the bus tour
got underway with a visit to the

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child care center at Gilford
Technical Community College

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in Jamestown, North Carolina.

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There the President participated
in a roundtable on early

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childhood education in a
classroom normally populated

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by five and six-year-olds to
talk about the school's needs.

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The President:
I thought I was gonna get
one of those little chairs?

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(laughter)

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I was gonna sit in there!

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Narrator:
The President also conducted an
interview with Jake Tapper from

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ABC's Nightline.

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Then he gave a speech about the
need to put politics aside right

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now and put America
back to work.

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The President:
I don't care if you're a
Republican or a Democrat,

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because we're all Americans!

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Audience Members:
Yeah!

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(cheers and applause)

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The President:
And we are in this together!

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Audience Members:
Yeah!

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The President:
We don't need a Republican Jobs
Act or a Democratic Jobs Act;

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we need a jobs act.

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(cheering and applause)

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We need to put people
back to work right now!

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Narrator:
The President then
stopped in in Reidsville,

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an all-American city for
an all-American lunch.

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Waitress:
Mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato?

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Narrator:
And, yes, he did seat himself!

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The President:
You want me to
pick up the check?

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(laughter)

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I think I can handle this one!

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(laughter)

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This is on me.

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Narrator:
He then greeted a group
of Reidsvilleans who had

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gathered outside --

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The President:
Nice to see 'ya.
What's your name?

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Narrator:
-- including one who was
waiting ... on the phone!

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The President:
Hi, grandma? Hi.

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Your granddaughter
needs a new cell phone!

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(laughter)

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You know, she's got one
of these big old ones.

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Narrator:
The President then hit the
road again making his way to

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Skipwith, Virginia, and it's
Bluestone High School where,

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much to the President's delight,
he got to visit with their

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robotics class and meet Skrappy!

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The President then hopped off
the bus in Brodnax, Virginia

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at Patricia's Child Care
Center to say hi to the ten

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tots and other residents who
gathered along the bus route.

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The President and Children:
Cheeeeeese!

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Narrator:
The last stop of the day was
Greensville County High School,

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in Emporia, Virginia, where the
President continued to push for

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the passage of the
American Jobs Act,

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which would also help high
schools across America to rehire

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the hundreds of thousands of
teachers who have been laid off

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due to budget shortages
in recent years.

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The President:
I need all of you to tell the
Senate ... put those teachers

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back to work!

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(applause)

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Put those teachers back to work!

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Pass the Jobs Bill and put
those teachers back to work!

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(applause)

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Narrator:
At Greenville, he met Mina, the
first girl to play for a junior

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varsity football team who
recently recorded four

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quarterback sacks in a game.

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She sat out her last game
because the opposing team said

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they wouldn't play
against a girl.

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The President, inspired, gave
her some encouragement and since

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she'd missed practice
to come hear him speak,

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a notice for her coach!

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On the third and final
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the First Lady joined the
President at Langley Air

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Force base in Hampton, Virginia,
to discuss the importance of

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helping our veterans find
a job when they return home

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from the battlefield.

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As part of her Joining
Forces Initiative,

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the First Lady also announced a
major private sector commitment

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to hire 25,000 veterans
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The First Lady:
Now, this announcement is a huge
deal which is why the President

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is here.

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It's huge enough for
you to even be involved!

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(laughter)

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The President:
As Michelle mentioned,
back in August,

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I challenged
America's businesses.

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Already they've committed
to train or hire 25,000

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veterans and spouses
in the next two years.

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Narrator:
The First Couple then made
their way to Wood's Orchard

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farm stand, a 72-year-old local
institution in Hampton where

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they picked out Halloween
pumpkins for the White House.

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The President:
Is that enough? Huh?

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How many more you gonna buy?

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Narrator:
Just down the street they had
lunch with four veterans at

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Anna's Pizza and
Italian Kitchen.

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The President then visited a
firehouse in North Chesterfield

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to stress the importance of
keeping cops on the beat and

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firefighters on the job --

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(applause)

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-- before returning
to Washington, D.C.,

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and bidding a fond farewell
to the road portion of this

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West Wing Week.

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Meanwhile, the First Lady headed
to St. Louis for Game 1 of the

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World Series where she and
Dr. Biden promoted community

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service efforts to support our
men and women in the military

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and their families.

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Back at home on Thursday, the
President spoke in the Rose

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Garden to the White House Press
Corps about the breaking news

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reports in Libya.

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The President:
Today we can definitively say
that the Qaddafi regime has come

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to an end and one of the
world's longest-serving

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dictators is no more.

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Narrator:
Then he award the Presidential
Citizens Medal to 13 recipients

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of the nation's second
highest civilian honor.

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Later the Prime Minister of
Norway arrived at the White

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House for a bilateral
meeting with the President

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in the Oval Office.

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

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complete videos of these
events, go to White House.gov.

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And thanks again for checking
out your West Wing Week!

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The President:
We're going to put these in
the front of the White House,

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these two white ones.

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That's what the First Lady just
decided and I do what she says!

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(laughter)

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So be on the lookout
on Halloween.

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Hampton Resident:
You stay married that
way a long time!

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The President:
Absolutely!