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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
addressed the national tragedy

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in Newtown, Connecticut, and
promised meaningful action to

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address gun violence.

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While the White House invited
some of its newest Pinterest

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followers and the President
spread some holiday cheer.

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That's December 14th
to December 20th,

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or "We Are There For Them."

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On Friday after the tragic
events in Newtown, Connecticut,

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the President delivered an
emotional statement in the

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White House briefing room.

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President Obama:
In the hard days to come, that
community needs us to be at our

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best as Americans, and I will
do everything in my power as

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President to help.

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All of us can extend a hand to
those in need to remind them

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that we are there for them, that
we are praying for them, that

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the love they felt for those
they lost endures not just in

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their memories,
but also in ours.

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Narrator:
On Sunday, the President
traveled to Newtown, Connecticut

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and spoke at an interfaith vigil
for the victims of the shooting

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and their families.

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President Obama:
We can't tolerate this anymore.

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These tragedies must end.

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And to end them, we must change.

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Charlotte.

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Daniel.

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Olivia.

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Josephine.

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Anna.

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Dylan.

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Madeleine.

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Catherine.

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Chase.

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Jesse.

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James.

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Grace.

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Emilie.

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Jack.

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Noah.

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Caroline.

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Jessica.

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Benjamin.

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Avielle.

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Allison.

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Narrator:
On Monday, to help kick off
the White House presence on

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Pinterest, the Office of Digital
Strategies hosted a White House

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holiday social with some of our
newest Pinterest followers where

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the Pinterers had a chance to
talk with and hear from a series

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of White House officials,
including Director of the

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Visitors Office, Ellie Schafer,
the Chief of Staff to the First

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Lady, Tina Tchen, and the
digital strategists, who wanted

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to strategize digitally.

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Macon Phillips:
Where are the conversations
about these sorts of standard

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issues that the country is
grappling with happening,

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and how are they
happening on Pinterest.

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Narrator:
On Tuesday, the President
dropped by the offices of some

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of his staff who play a critical
role in running the day-to-day

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functions of the White House for
some holiday greetings, a whole

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lot of hugs, group photos, and
some time to thank the staff for

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all their hard work over
the course of the year.

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President Obama:
I'm using your work product
and it's helping me out.

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I'm very proud of you.

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Narrator:
He even snuck in a few good
old-fashioned presidential

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Q&A sessions.

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President Obama:
Who wants to describe to me
the process of dealing with

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40,000 emails?

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That's only just four of you.

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That's a lot of letters to read.

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Speaker:
It's a lot, yeah,
it's like 400 a day.

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President Obama:
What have you guys
got cooked up now?

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What's the next big thing?

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Speaker:
APIs for WhiteHouse.gov.

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President Obama:
APIs for WhiteHouse.gov.

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What in the heck does that mean?

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I'm a big believer in us using
new media to reach people who

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otherwise can't be reached.

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And the more we engage them, the
better our democracy works, the

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better our public policy is, the
better our people do, right.

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Narrator:
I've been waiting for this
privilege for four years.

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I've been here 20.

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President Obama:
I am so grateful that you have
been, and I'm so glad we had a

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chance to see each other.

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Let's take a good
picture with everybody.

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(cheers)

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President Obama:
We'll do all the
volunteers first,

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then I'll do all the staff.

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Let go of your bag,
nobody's going to steal it.

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I'm right here.

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Got the Secret Service
looking after it.

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, the President
delivered a statement about

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the policy process the
administration will pursue

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in the wake of
the Newtown tragedy.

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Then he took questions
from reporters about it

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and his efforts to find
a bipartisan compromise

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to reduce our deficit.

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President Obama:
If there's one thing we should
have after this week, it should

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be a sense of perspective
about what's important.

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The country deserves folks to be
willing to compromise on behalf

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of the greater good and not
tangle themselves up in a whole

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bunch of ideological positions
that don't make much sense.

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So I remain not only open to
conversations, but I remain

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eager to get something done.

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Narrator:
That evening, the President
addressed an international

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holiday gathering at the State
Department of the world's

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diplomatic corps and spoke on
the importance of their work in

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light of the recent
events here at home.

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President Obama:
And we're reminded that whatever
differences on the surface, deep

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down we're bound by a certain
set of basic aspirations.

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We want our children to be
safe and free from fear.

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And that, I think, is one
of the ways we can honor

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all these beautiful children
and incredible teachers who

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were lost this past Friday, by
building a future that is equal

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to their dreams and delivers
on the dreams of children all

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around the world just like them.

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Narrator:
To find out more information
on any of these topics or to see

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complete videos of these events,
go to WhiteHouse.gov, and thanks

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again for checking out
your West Wing Week.

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Children:
♪ You better watch out, you
better not cry, you better ♪

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♪ not pout, I'm telling you why,
Santa Claus is coming to town. ♪

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(laughter)

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First Lady Michelle Obama:
This is exactly what
he does at home.

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He tries to beat Malia
and Sasha into my lap.

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(laughter)

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Then he has the nerve
not to be comfortable.

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(laughter)

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Speaker:
All right, get you a girl.

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(laughter)