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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
focused on education,

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science and innovation before
heading out on a West Coast

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swing ahead of the
midterm elections.

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That's October 15th
to the 21st, or,

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"The White House Science Fair."

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Student:
He's using his licenses there.

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President Obama:
Oh. Look at that. Oh!

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Narrator:
On Friday, October 15th,
President Obama returned

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home from a stop in
Wilmington, Delaware,

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to welcome former Secretary of
State Dr. Condoleezza Rice to

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the Oval Office.

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President Obama:
Condi.

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Dr. Rice:
Mr. President, how are you?

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President Obama:
Sorry I'm late.

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Dr. Rice:
Mr. President.

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President Obama:
You've been through the drill.

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Dr. Rice:
I do. You do not have to
apologize. How are you?

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President Obama:
I'm good. How are you?

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Dr. Rice:
Good. I'm fine, thank you.

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Narrator:
On Monday, October 18th, the
first White House science fair

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was held in the State Dining
Room to showcase the winners

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of a broad range of science,
technology, engineering,

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and math competitions, including
a solar car model shown to the

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President by Mikayla Nelson
of Billings, Montana.

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Ms. Nelson:
It's made out of
carbon fiber laminate,

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which is basically it's two
carbon fibers fused at 90

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degrees to each other.

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President Obama:
Well, we're going to have
you work for one of the auto

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companies to get them to design
the next generation of cars.

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That's a good start.

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Ms. Nelson:
That would be nice.

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Narrator:
After seeing other exhibits
of motorized wheelchairs,

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water purification systems
and a soccer-playing robot --

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President Obama:
Well, let's just point it
this way and see what happens.

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(laughter)

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Narrator:
The President made remarks
about the importance of science

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and innovation to our
economy and our future.

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President Obama:
We welcome championship sports
teams to the White House to

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celebrate their victories --
I've had the Lakers here,

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I've had the Saints here
-- I thought we ought to

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do the same thing for the
winners of science fairs.

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When you win first
place at a science fair,

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nobody's rushing the field or
dumping Gatorade over your head.

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(laughter)

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But in many ways our
future depends on what

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happens in those contests.

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Narrator:
On Tuesday, October 19th,
President Obama encountered a

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mariachi band in the cross hall
ahead of his signing of an

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Executive Order renewing the
White House Initiative on

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Educational Excellence
for Hispanics.

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President Obama:
-- sounded great.

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Band Member:
Thank you.

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President Obama:
Thank you very much.

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Narrator:
Latinos make up the largest
minority group in America's

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schools, and they
face challenges of

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monumental proportions.

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They are more likely to attend
our lowest performing schools,

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learn in larger class sizes,
and drop out at higher rates.

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President Obama:
In the end this is about
building a brighter future

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where every child in this
country -- black, white,

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Latino, Asian, or Native
American, regardless of color,

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class, creed -- has a chance
to rise above any barrier to

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fulfill their God-given potential.

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, October 20th, the
President left for a West Coast

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swing to speak to Americans
in Oregon, Washington State,

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California, Nevada,
and Minnesota,

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ahead of the midterm elections.

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Meanwhile it was harvest
time down at the White House

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vegetable garden.

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The First Lady and White House
Chef Sam Kass were joined by

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students from Tubman and
Bancroft Elementary Schools,

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and Daniel Boulud
and James Kent,

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who represented the United
States in the International

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Bocuse D'Or, the
Olympics of cooking.

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Also on Wednesday the
President's newly appointed

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Chairman of the Council of
Economic Advisors Austan

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Goolsbee released a web video at
Whitehouse.gov to talk about the

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President's commitment to
private sector job growth

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right here in America.

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Mr. Goolsbee:
Over the next several months,
the Recovery Act puts in place

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job-creating investments.

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Narrator:
The video is the latest in a
series called the "White House

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Whiteboard," where senior
administration officials talk

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to the American public about
complex policy solutions being

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discussed at the White House.

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On Thursday, October 21st, the
President visited the home of

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Cynnie and Erik Foss
in Seattle, Washington,

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where he hosted a backyard
discussion on women and the

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economy, and focused on the
impact of the recession on women

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and how his administration's
policies have benefited them.

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President Obama:
Our economy works only when
everybody's participating,

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and that means that things like
equal pay for equal work aren't

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just women's issues, those are
middle class family issues.

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Because, you know, how well
women do will help determine

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how well our families
are doing as a whole.

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It means that everybody's got
to have access to financing

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for small businesses.

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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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Student:
Basically from scratch, because
when I started this project I

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didn't know any chemistry, so
first I taught myself chemistry

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and then I did -- this is all in
the summer after freshman year,

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so I only had biology knowledge.

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President Obama:
Right. Right.