English subtitles for clip: File:West Wing Week- 12-18-2015 or, "My Soon-To-Be-Fellow Citizens".webm

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Male Speaker: 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 at

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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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This week the President
heralded the achievement of

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the whole world coming
together

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to combat climate change.

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He traveled to the
Pentagon and the National

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Counterterrorism Center
to continue the work on

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securing out nation, and he
presided over a very moving

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naturalization ceremony
at the National Archives.

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That's December 11th
to December 17th, or

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"My Soon To Be Fellow Citizens."

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The President:
My soon to be fellow citizens.

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This is a
good-looking group.

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(laughter)

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The President: Huh?

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Clearly they're going to
be making America that much

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better right here.

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Narrator: On
Saturday evening,

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the President delivered a
statement from the Cabinet

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Room on the historic global
agreement reached by the

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United States and nearly 200
nations to combat climate

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change otherwise known
as The Paris Agreement.

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The President: I imagine
taking my grandkids -- if

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I'm lucky enough to have
some -- to the park some day

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and holding their hands and
hearing their laughter and

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watching a quiet sunset all
the whole knowing that our

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work today prevented an
alternate future that could

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have been grim.

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That our work here and now
gave future generations

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cleaner air and cleaner
water and a more

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sustainable planet.

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And what could be more
important than that?

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Narrator: The workweek
kicked off with an official

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visit to the Pentagon.

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Alongside the Vice President
the President convened a

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National Security Council
meeting on the

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counter ISIL campaign.

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Afterward, the President
spoke to the media on the

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need to intensify our
coalition efforts against

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ISIL to degrade and
ultimately destroy that

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terrorist organization.

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Tuesday morning was a time
for a trip to the National

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Archives where the President
got to do one of his

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favorite things -- attend
a naturalization ceremony.

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(applause)

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Narrator: New American
citizens representing 25

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different countries took the
oath and did so within reach

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of the actual document that
makes that ceremony possible

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-- the United
States Constitution.

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The President: Just about
every nation in the world to

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some extent admits
immigrants but there's

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something unique
about America.

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We don't simply
welcome new immigrants.

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We don't simply
welcome new arrivals.

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We are born of immigrants.

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That is who we are.

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Immigration is
our origin story.

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How quickly we forget.

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One generation passes,
two generation passes and

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suddenly we don't remember
where we came from and we

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suggest that somehow there
is us and there is them not

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remembering we
used to be them.

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Narrator: Later, the
people's house served as a

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stop for Eden's
Make-A-Wish Scavenger Hunt.

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Eden is battling brain
cancer and the First Dogs

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Bo and Sunny gave here
a special clue to help her

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fulfill the wish she made
to meet and ride a unicorn.

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On Wednesday, the President
invited three term Mayor of

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New York, Mike Bloomberg to
the Oval Office where the

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two men discussed efforts
to curb gun violence

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in America.

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On Thursday in advance of
the holidays the President

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traveled to the National
Counterterrorism Center for

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a threat briefing and to
review efforts across our

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entire government to prevent
attacks and protect

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the homeland.

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The President: I want every
American to know as you go

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about the holidays, as
you travel and gather with

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family and the kids open
their presents and as you

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ring in the new year
that you've got dedicated

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patriots working around the
clock all across the country

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to protect us all.

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Often times they're doing
so by sacrificing their own

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holidays and their own
time with families.

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But they care about this
deeply and they're the best

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in the world.

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Narrator: So if you and
yours celebrate the holidays

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don't forget to stay engaged
with us online on

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the White House

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social media platform
that you enjoy the most.

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As always, thanks so much
for checking out this

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edition of West Wing Week
and from your

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West Wing Staff here at
the White House,

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we wish you a safe
and happy holidays.

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The President:
She is precious.

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You can't beat
daughters, man.

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Male Speaker: Oh,
I'm so excited.

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The President:
They're the best.