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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 helping small businesses,

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preparing for his foreign trip,
and promoting bipartisanship

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after the midterm elections.

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That's November 29th
to November 4th, or

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"Don't Watch the Plasma Arc!"

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?? (drum and bugle corps) ??

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On Friday, October 29th,
President Obama traveled

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to Beltsville, Maryland, where
he toured the facilities at

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Stromberg Sheet Metal, a company
350 employees strong and looking

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to expand its workforce
in the coming year.

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President Obama:
They look like they
know what they're doing.

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Fantastic. All right. Keep it up.

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I'm proud of you guys.

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I like that.

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See?

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He voted. He voted.

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Worker:
Yes, sir.

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President Obama:
All right, he's got the
early vote right there.

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The sticker. I like that!

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Narrator:
The President then made remarks
to workers in the factory about

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his proposal to allow businesses
of all sizes to immediately

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deduct 100% of the cost for
investments like equipment

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to the end of 2011.

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President Obama:
And that means that business
owners like Bob who decide to

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upgrade their plants,
upgrade their equipment,

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that means that they are able
to write off immediately that

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depreciation in one year.

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And that means that they're
going to have additional money

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to invest in workers and in
other plants and equipment.

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Katie Couric:
The President of the United
States speaking in the White

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House Briefing Room about
the fact that these two

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packages were found --

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Narrator:
Friday afternoon, the
President accompanied by

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a Senior Counterterrorism
Advisor, John Brennan,

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made a statement about the
actions taken to disrupt an

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attempted terrorist attack.

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President Obama:
I've also directed that we spare
no effort in investigating the

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origins of these suspicious
packages and their connection

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to any additional
terrorist plotting.

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Although we are still
pursuing all the facts,

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we do know that the packages
originated in Yemen.

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We also know that Al Qaeda
in the Arabian Peninsula,

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a terrorist group
based in Yemen,

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continues to plan attacks
against our homeland,

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our citizens and our
friends and allies.

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Narrator:
On Sunday, October 31st,
the President welcomed

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trick-or-treaters to the
White House for Halloween.

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President Obama:
Come on, little bunny rabbit.

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Narrator:
He and the First Lady
held a party inside

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for military families.

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On Monday, November 1st, the
President spoke on several

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radio programs across the
country urging Americans

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to vote in the midterm elections.

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President Obama:
Because the issues
of war and peace,

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the issues of the economy,
making sure that we've got

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good opportunity for young
people, vthat they can afford

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to go to college, that
they can find good jobs,

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those issues are still on
the table and, you know,

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we're going to need to make sure
that we keep on making progress

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in the years to come.

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Narrator:
On Tuesday, for Whitehouse.gov's
regularly featured Tuesday Talks,

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new media staffer Kori Schulman,
hosted Senior Advisor for Asian

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Affairs Jeff Bader and Deputy
National Security Advisor Ben

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Rhodes to check with an online
audience about the President's

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upcoming trip to Asia.

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Ben Rhodes:
The principal purposes of the
visit, which include a business

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summit in Mumbai on the first
day when we're going to talk

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about deepening our economic
cooperation with India,

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to include some Diwali
celebration and a town

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hall with some university
students in Mumbai.

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And then there's a very extended
official portion of the visit in

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New Delhi that includes all of
the President's meetings with

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senior Indian officials and the
Prime Minister, a State Dinner,

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and a separate dinner with the
Prime Minister the first night

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we're in New Delhi.

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Narrator:
Later that evening, president
Obama called the San Francisco

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Giants to congratulate
them on winning this

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year's World Series.

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President Obama:
I just wanted to let you know
that the whole country is proud

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of you guys.

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I know it's a long wait.

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I remember as a White Sox fan
what it was like when we finally

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broke a much longer dry spell.

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, November 3rd, the
President held a news conference

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in the East Room where he took
questions from the White House

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Press Corps and spoke about ways
to move the country forward and

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grow our economy.

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President Obama:
But what I think the American
people are expecting and what we

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owe them is to focus on those
issues that affect their jobs,

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their security, and their
future, reducing our deficit,

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promoting a clean
energy economy,

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making sure that our children
are the best educated in the

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world, making sure that we're
making the investments and

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technology that will allow us to
keep our competitive edge in the

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global economy, because the most
important contest we face is not

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the contest between
democrats and republicans.

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In this century the most
important competition we face is

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between America and our economic
competitors around the world.

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Narrator:
On Thursday, November 4th, the
President met with members of

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his Cabinet and underscored
his commitment to finding

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bipartisan solutions to the
challenges facing America.

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President Obama:
I want everybody to know that
I have already called Mitch

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McConnell, John Boehner, Harry
Reid and Nancy Pelosi to invite

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them to a meeting here at the
White House in the first week

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of the Lame Duck on November 18th.

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This is going to be a meeting
in which I want us to talk

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substantively about how
we can move the American

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people's agenda forward.

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Narrator:
Later that afternoon, the
President and Vice President

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made a surprise visit to a White
House tour being given to some

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wounded warriors who were
injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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President Obama:
We're just so grateful to all
of you for everything you do

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to help keep this country safe.

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And it's wonderful to be able
to say that to you personally.

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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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Military Wife:
I think he's very
excited about this.

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President Obama:
He's so excited to meet me.

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(laughter)

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Now get a picture
of us, you know --

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(chatter and laughter)