English subtitles for clip: File:West Wing Week- 11-27-15 or, "This Turkey is Hereby Pardoned".webm

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The President: When
you say "Cheese!"

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it makes you smile.

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So you go "cheese,"
see, and then you smile.

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Narrator: Welcome to the
turkey edition

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of your West Wing Week.

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Your guide to everything
that's happening

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at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, and beyond.

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This week, the President
wrapped up his trip to Asia,

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a cross-continental journey
that took him to Antalya,

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Turkey, Manila, Philippines,
and concluded

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in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

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He honored Medal of Freedom
recipients back at

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the White House, and pardoned a couple of lucky turkeys

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before Thanksgiving.

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It's November 20th
to November 26th, or

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The President: You are hereby pardoned.

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Narrator: This turkey
is hereby pardoned.

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The President: Give Abe
a big round of applause.

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(applause)

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Narrator: On Friday, the
President wrapped up his

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trip to Manila with a
meet-and-greet with embassy

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staff and their families.

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The President: You guys do
a great job representing

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our country.

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Okay, everybody
give me a high five!

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Female Speaker:
Oh, high five.

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Stand up.

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The President: High five!

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Female Speaker: High five!

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Narrator: Then he was
wheels up to Kuala Lumpur,

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the last stop on his
three-country trip

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around the world.

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There he participated in
a Town Hall

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with Young Southeast Asian Leaders.

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Ambassador Susan Rice was
backstage before the event.

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I'll let her take it away.

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Susan Rice: I know
that this event,

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the Young Southeast Asian
Leaders Initiative is the

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event of all of these
that the President is most

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looking forward to.

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It gives them an opportunity
to share with him their

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experiences, their concerns,
their perspectives,

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and at the same time, to ask
almost anything they want of

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the President of
the United States.

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Male Speaker: What do you
want to see from young

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people like us in the
future when you get old?

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(laughter)

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The President: Well, the
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young people is to
stop calling me old.

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(laughter)

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Narrator: Later, the
President held a

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bilateral meeting with the Prime
Minister of Malaysia.

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On Saturday, the President
started the day by talking

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trade to leaders from the
largest markets for

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U.S. exports at the ASEAN
Business and Investment Summit.

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Later, the President went
to the Dignity for Children,

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foundation, a school and
training center for more

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than 1,000 students,
many of them refugees.

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Female Speaker: Have you
met Aung San Suu Kyi?

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The President: I have.

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She's a friend of mine.

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Female Speaker: Yeah?

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The President: Yeah.

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Narrator: The President
spoke powerfully about how

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America is at its best when
we give a chance to refugees

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who have risked everything
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life free of persecution.

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On Sunday, before
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the President greeted the
staff and families of the

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U.S. Embassy in Malaysia.

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The President: Alright,
everybody say hey!

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Cheese!

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Audience: Cheese!

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Narrator: Then, world
leaders and their delegates

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filled the halls of the
Kuala Lumpur

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convention center for the
East Asia Summit.

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And later, the President sat
down with the Prime Minister

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of Singapore for a
bilateral meeting.

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The last event on the
President's trip around the

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world was a news conference,
where the President answered

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some questions about ISIL.

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The President: I'll take
the last question first.

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Narrator: After a
whirlwind week of meetings,

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the President and his
delegation bid adieu to

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Asia, and headed home,
crossing multiple time

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zones, and arriving home
back at the White House in

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the wee hours of
Monday morning.

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On Tuesday, the President
welcomed

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President Franรงois Hollande of France

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to the White House,

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to discuss international
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They joined reporters in
the East Room

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for a news conference.

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The President: Even as we
are relentless in the face

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of evil, we draw on
what's best in ourselves,

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and in the character
of our countries.

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Make no mistake,
we will win,

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and groups like
ISIL will lose.

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And standing with
allies like France,

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we will continue to show the
world the best

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of American leadership.

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Vive la France.

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Narrator: That afternoon,
the President honored

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17 distinguished Americans.

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The President: Today we
celebrate

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some extraordinary people.

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Innovators, artists,
and leaders,

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who contribute to America's
strength as a nation.

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And we offer them our
highest civilian honor,

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the Presidential
Medal of Freedom.

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(applause)

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(music)

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Narrator: On Wednesday, the
President convened a meeting

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with members of his National
Security team to discuss

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efforts to protect the
homeland over the holidays.

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The President: I want the
American people to know,

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entering the holidays, that
the combined resources of

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our military,
our intelligence,

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and our homeland security
agencies are on the case.

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They're vigilant,
relentless, and effective.

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Later that day, the
President welcomed some

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impressive student
entrepreneurs

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to the Oval Office.

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Female Speaker: I'd like to
begin by having everybody in

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this room please
closing your eyes.

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The President: Alright.

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(laughter)

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I got to open my eyes.

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(laughter)

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Female Speaker: And I wanted
to find a way to decrease

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the amount of people who are
getting sexually assaulted.

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Narrator: The President
continued the tradition of

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pardoning a turkey,
freeing these two,

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named Honest and Abe, from
a Thanksgiving dinner table.

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The President:
He's a natural.

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(laughter)

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Narrator: After
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the first family volunteered
at Friendship Place,

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their own service
before supper tradition.

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The President:
How are you, sir?

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Male Speaker: How you
doing, Mr. President?

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The President: God bless.

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Male Speaker: How
are you doing?

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The President: How are you?

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Male Speaker:
I'm doing great.

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This is the best
day of my life, so.

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The President: Oh, man.

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Appreciate it.

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(music)

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Narrator: So remember to
stay engaged with us online,

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and check us out
on social media.

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And thanks again for
checking out this edition of

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your West Wing Week.

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And from everybody
here at West Wing,

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be sure to have a safe
and happy Thanksgiving.

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(turkey gobbles)