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♪♪ (drum and bugle corps) ♪♪

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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, President Obama
focused on the second part of

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his State of the Union goals of
out-innovating, out-building,

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and out-educating the
rest of the world,

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putting forward plans to build
a 21st Century infrastructure,

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investing in things
like high-speed rail,

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and expanding broadband access
so all of America's families

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will be equipped
to win the future.

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Oh, and the Prime Minister
of Canada dropped by.

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That's February 4th
through February 10th,

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or "The New Electrification."

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On Friday, February 4th,
President Obama welcomed Prime

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Minister Harper of Canada to the
White House to strengthen the

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partnership between our nations
and to provide the prime

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minister with some
warmer weather.

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Speaker:
I'm from Ohio, so actually --

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Prime Minister Harper:
That's unreasonably cold.

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Speaker:
I know.

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Narrator:
The two leaders talked about
the vital economic partnership

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we share and agreed to a new
vision for managing our shared

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security, not just on the border
we share, but beyond the border.

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The President also took the
opportunity to address the

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situation in Egypt.

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President Obama:
We want to see this
moment of turmoil turned

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into a moment of opportunity.

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The entire world is watching.

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What we hope for and what we
will work for is a future where

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all of Egyptian society
seizes that opportunity.

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Narrator:
On a beautiful and
temperate Monday morning,

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February 7th --

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President Obama:
What a spectacular thing.

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Narrator:
The President, accompanied by
Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett

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and Chief of Staff Bill Daley,
crossed Lafayette Park to

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address the Chamber of Commerce
on what the government is doing

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to make America the best place
in the world to do business and

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the responsibility the business
community has to invest in

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America's workers and
economic recovery.

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President Obama:
But as we work with you to make
America a better place to do

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business, I'm hoping that all
of you are thinking what you

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can do for America.

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Ask yourselves what you can do
to hire more American workers,

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what you can do to support the
American economy and invest in

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this nation.

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Narrator:
Back at the White House --

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President Obama:
Coach?

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Narrator:
-- President Obama called Green
Bay Packers' Coach Mike McCarthy

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to congratulate him on
the Packers' victory in

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Super Bowl XLV (45).

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President Obama:
Even for a Bears fan, it's
heartwarming, you know,

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that the Green Bay community
is able to celebrate like this.

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So, you guys, you should be
very proud of yourselves.

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I'm looking forward
to hosting you.

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Narrator:
On Tuesday, February 8th,
Vice President Joe Biden and

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Secretary of Transportation Ray
LaHood hopped aboard the Amtrak

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Acela heading to Philadelphia to
announce the administration's

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plan to build a 21st Century
infrastructure from roads and

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bridges to high-speed rail.

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Vice President Biden:
I went to school -- this is a
place called Claymont, Delaware,

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and it became a steel town.

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Narrator:
Famous for his daily commutes
from Delaware to D.C. when he

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was a senator, the Vice
President knows just about

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every mile of these tracks.

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At 30th Street
Station in Philly,

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the two laid out the
comprehensive plan that will

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help the nation reach President
Obama's goal of giving 80% of

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Americans access to high-speed
rail within 25 years,

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as outlined in his State
of the Union Address.

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Vice President Biden:
In a global economy, we can't
forget that infrastructure,

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and also are the veins and
the arteries of commerce,

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you think about
it in those terms;

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they literally are the veins
and the arteries of commerce.

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You know, if those
passageways get clogged,

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commerce is going to suffer,
and it's going to show up in

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the bottom line, and it
shows up really quickly.

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Narrator:
By clarifying the long-term
federal role in passenger rail,

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this six-year program will
provide states and cities with

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the certainty they need to make
long-term transportation plans

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for their communities.

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On Wednesday, February 9th, we
caught up with Aneesh Chopra,

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the Federal Chief
Technology Officer,

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who explained some of the nuts
and bolts of expanding broadband

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access and how crucial it will
be to economic development in

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rural America.

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Aneesh Chopra:
And it's not just about
roadways, railways, and runways,

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President Obama believes
in a nation's 21st Century

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infrastructure that must include
connectivity to every corner of

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the country so that people that
live in rural parts of the

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country have access to
global markets just as

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they would if they lived in
urban environments that have

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access to technology today.

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This is a challenge
we faced before in

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our country with electrification.

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Our cities were lit up far
before our rural communities

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were, and it was a priority
administration back then to

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make sure the entire country
had access to this critical

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infrastructure as it is today.

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It is in that spirit, in a
collaboration with the private

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sector, that President Obama
wishes to extend high speed

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wireless access to 98% of the
nation's population so that an

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entrepreneur in rural America
can tap into global markets and

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compete in this 21st
century economy.

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Narrator:
On Thursday, February 10th,
President Obama traveled to

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Marquette, Michigan, located
in the snowy upper peninsula

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of that state, where local
businesses have been able

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to grow as a result of
greater broadband access.

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The President went to see a
demonstration of how Northern

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Michigan University's WiMAX
Wireless Network has enabled

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distance learning for university
and community students.

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President Obama:
What is so exciting is
the fact that, you know,

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talented young people like the
kids in your class or the ones

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in Negaunee, you guys can
basically start a company

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or do your work anywhere.

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Narrator:
The next generation wireless
network in Marquette is an

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effective demonstration of how
the President's proposal to open

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up airwaves will
spark new innovation,

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put people back to
work, grow the economy,

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and help America win the future.

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President Obama:
When it comes to
High-Speed Internet,

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the lights are still off in
one-third of our households.

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One out of every three
households in America

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don't have that same access.

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For millions of Americans, the
railway hasn't showed up yet.

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And for our families
and our businesses,

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high-speed wireless service,
that's the next train station.

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It's the next off-ramp.

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It's how it will spark new
innovation, new investment,

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new jobs.

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Narrator:
The President also got a
chance to stop by Donkers,

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a local candy shop
and lunch spot.

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President Obama:
The Obama Burger seems like a --

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Speaker:
Our chef did his research.

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President Obama:
Nice. Yeah, that looks --
that's a tasty looking burger.

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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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Vice President Biden:
Well, I can tell you -- Chuck
will tell you -- my mother used

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to say, if it looks like
a duck, walks like a duck,

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and quacks like a
duck, it's a duck.

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This is a duck right here.