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White House Interns:
Welcome to West Wing Week

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Narrator:
Welcome to the West Wing Week,

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your guide to everything
that's happening

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at 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue.

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This week, the President:

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nominated a Secretary
of Defense,

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coded with a group of
budding computer scientists,

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took over as host of
the Colbert Report,

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pushed for comprehensive
immigration reform,

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hosted a summit on high quality
early childhood education,

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and welcomed this year's
Kennedy Center honorees

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to the White House.

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Its December 5th to
December 11th

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or Zeroes and Ones.

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The President:
Zeroes and Ones.

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Narrator:
On Friday morning,

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the President announced
that Ash Carter

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would be his nominee to
be our nation's next

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Secretary of Defense.

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The President highlighted
Ash's record of leadership

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over more than 30 years
to public service.

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Later, in the Oval Office
the President sat down

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with the King of Jordan
and then with a group

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of newly elected governors
from across the country.

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Next door in the Cabinet
Room, the President sat

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down for an interview
with Jeff Johnson of BET.

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The President:
Part of the reason

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I got into politics
was to figure out,

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how can I bridge some of
those gaps and understand

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it so that the larger country
understands this is not

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just a black problem
or a brown problem;

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this is an American
problem.

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Narrator:
Sunday night, the President

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and First Lady hosted
their reception

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for the Kennedy
Center honorees.

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We caught up with the
winners to ask them

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to reflect on the magnitude
of their big night.

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Tom Hanks:
I have been in the

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White House before as
a average Joe tourist

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hoping to get a look
at the china that

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President William
Harrison picked out

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or something
like that.

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Patricia McBride:
Never in one's lifetime did

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I expect to be honored with
these extraordinary artist.

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Reverend Al Green:
Well I mean,

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it's very exciting.

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There's no place
like the White House

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and having received
the Kennedy Honors

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of course it just makes
it extra special.

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Sting:
This is certainly something

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extremely special to
receive this from

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the greatest democracy in the
whole world, is something

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that I cherish.

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Narrator:
The week got off to a royal

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start on Monday when
Prince William dropped

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by the Oval Office
for his first visit.

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Later that day the
President became the first

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coder and Chief by
coding with a group

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of middle school age students,
where they rolled up their

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sleeves, got online
together and participated

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in an Hour of Code here
at the White House.

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Female Speaker:
So right here it tells

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you that you have to
move forward one--

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The President:
Okay, you've got to slow down

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because I'm an
old man.

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Female Speaker:
(laughs) So right here --

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The President:
So what's going on?

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Female Speaker:
You're making a block. 

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Narrator:
That afternoon Steven Colbert

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went on campus to George
Washington University

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to sit down with
the President.

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It was a memorable meeting
of two great leaders.;

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one of the free world
the other of media

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and cable ratings,
as he described it.

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They discussed Healthcare
Reform, the President's

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recent actions on immigration,
and climate change.

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Steven Colbert:
You're glad we don't

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see eye to eye?

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The President:
Yes, I'd be worried if I saw

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eye to eye
with you.

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(laughter)

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Steven Colbert:
You know-

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Narrator:
On Tuesday the President

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headed to music city;
Nashville, Tennessee

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where he visited Casa
Azafrรกn and held

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a town hall focusing on
immigration reform policy.

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The President:
We were once strangers too.

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Narrator:
Then on his way out

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of town he stopped
in for (inaudible)

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at La Hacienda, a
local favorite.

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Female Speaker:
Can I give you a hug?

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The President:
Of course you can.

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Female Speaker:
Thank you so much Mr. President.

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The President:
We are very proud of you.

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Narrator:
Meanwhile in Memphis,

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Attorney General Eric
Holder led the third

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of five planned building
community trust

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roundtable
discussions.

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Born out of the President's
call for an increased

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effort to help rebuild trust
in local law enforcement

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in the justice
system.

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The Attorney General
met with local leaders

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to discuss new steps and
to share best practices

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for community
policing.

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Held at the Lorraine Motel,
site of the assination

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of Martin Luther
King Jr, in 1968;

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the Attorney General took a
moment to tour the facility

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and reflect
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Attorney General Eric Holder:
I was an American history

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major in college.

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So from the purely
historical perspective,

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this is something that
I can really appreciate

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and understand but
there's also an emotional

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component to the time
that I have spent here.

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I see people who
sacrificed, who died

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so that people like me and
the future generations

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would have the opportunities
that I've had.

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This is a place that maybe
every American should come.

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And I'm going to come
back again when I have

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a little more time.

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I want to bring my kids
with me so that they

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can hopefully appreciate
the things that their dad

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has done but understand
that I would not have had

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the opportunity to do the
things that I've done

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without the sacrifices and
the work of the people

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who are memorialized
in this community.

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(singing)

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Narrator:
Wednesday morning,

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the President hosted the White
House summit on early education

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where he announced new
efforts to enhance

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and expand the reach of high
quality preschool programs

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in high need communities
all across the country.

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The President:
None of us were supposed to.

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Those of us lucky enough
to share in this country's

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promise now have a
responsibility to ensure

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for all the young people
coming behind us who

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aren't supposed to
that they have that

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same opportunities.

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Narrator:
That afternoon, the President

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and First Lady traveled to
Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

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where they delivered
toys and gifts donated

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by Executive Office of
the President's staff

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to the Marine Corps
Toys for Tots campaign.

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The President:
SpongeBob's greatest hits.

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I love SpongeBob.

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Teeball, I love
playing tee-ball too.

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(inaudible)

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(laughs) Cymbals.

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Narrator:
On Thursday the President

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joined a meeting of the
President's export council.

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Then met with
the fall class

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of White House Interns for
a quarterly tradition,

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the Q&A with
President Obama.

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The President:
Start getting a sense

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of what are
your values.

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What do you care about?

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What's important to you?

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What do you respect?

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What do you value?

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What satisfies you?

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And then work to align
your behavior to what

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you say you
care about.

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Narrator:
As this wintery week

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wraps up and a new
holiday week kicks off,

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we thank you for
tuning in to your

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West Wing Week.

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And keep up with us
at whitehouse.gov.

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(applause)

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The President: They watch
comedy shows and I just

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don't see the President
going on one of those.

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(laughter)

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They're beneath his dignity

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(laughter)