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The President: On your
mark -- I've got to say

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this thing always
looks like bug spray.

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(laughter)

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The President: On
your mark, get set --

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♪♪(music playing)♪♪

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Narrator: Welcome to
the West Wing Week, your

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guide to everything
that's happening

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at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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This week, the President
nominated Sylvia Burwell

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as Secretary of Health and
Human Services, hosted

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an Easter Prayer Breakfast and
the Passover seder,

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discussed immigration
reform with faith leaders,

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welcomed the Women
Warrior's Soldier Ride,

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announced a major
milestone

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in the continued implimentation of the

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Affordable
Care Act, and hit the road

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to New York City and
Oakdale, Pennsylvania.

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It's April 11th to April
17th, or Pull Together,

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Fight Back, and Win.

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The President: America's
got a choice to make.

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We can do nothing, which
is the strategy that

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some folks in Washington seem
to have, or we can do what

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we've always done best: we
pull together,

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we fight back, and we win.

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(applause)

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Narrator: Spring was
in full bloom on Friday

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as the President and vice
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out to the Rose Garden to
announce the nomination

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of Sylvia Burwell to succeed
Kathleen Sebelius

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as the next Secretary of Health
and Human Services.

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The President: Here is my
Budget Director

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of the White House.

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She's already
delivered results.

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After all, in the years
since she arrived,

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the deficit has plunged by
more than $400 billion,

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I'm just saying.

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(laughter)

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Narrator: Later
that day, the President

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travelled to New York
City,

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and gave the keynote address of
the sixteenth annual

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National Action Network Convention.

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The President: Thank
you, God bless you.

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Narrator: On Monday,
the President hosted

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an Easter Prayer Breakfast,
where he took a moment

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to reflect on the tragic
shootings

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in Overland Park, Kansas.

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The President: As
Americans, we not only

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need to open our hearts to
the families of victims,

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we've got to stand united
against this kind

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of terrible violence which
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in our society.

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And we have to keep coming
together across faiths,

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to combat the ignorance and
intolerance including

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anti-Semitism that can
lead to hatred

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and to violence.

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(applause)

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Narrator: Later, he
welcome recipients

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of the Presidential Early Career
Award

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for scientists and engineers.

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The President: I always
welcome having

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a chance to say (inaudible) all
these outstanding young

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animators and engineers
and people who

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are going to help out our
economy

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can maybe use some (inaudible).

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I am especially thrilled
that this is such

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a diverse group, (inaudible)

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I like all these women, way to go.

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I mean, guys, you're
fine too.

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(laughter)

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Narrator: He then took
a moment

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to congratulate each of the 102
recipients.

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Meanwhile, in Bethesda,
the First Lady

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visited the Fisher House,
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at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

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She participated in an
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Easter celebration with military
families and children.

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Mrs. Obama: Okay, you guys
got this, you got it.

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I would imagine that
you would not --

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Narrator: On Tuesday,
the President welcomed

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faith leaders to the Oval
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to discuss the importance of
taking action to pass common

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sense immigration reform,
before being joined

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by senior White House staff
in holding a moment

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of silence to mark the one
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of the Boston Marathon bombing.

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That evening, the
President hosted

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a Passover seder in the Old
Family Dining Room

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of the White House.

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On Wednesday, the
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in a tri-annual tradition:
the group photo with

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the current class of
White House interns.

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After the photo, he took
questions

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and even shared a bit of advice
that had been passed

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to him along the way.

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The President: If you
are going to run for

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something, make sure
that you are going

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to do something as opposed
to be something.

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The people I know who are
successful and happy, and

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fulfilled are folks who,
there's something

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they want to do as opposed to
something they want to be.

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Narrator: Later, the
President traveled

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to Oakdale, Pennsylvania,
where he was joined

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by the Vice President at the
Community College

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of Allegheny County
West Hills Center.

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After checking out the
machines and motors

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in the college's mechatronics
programs, the President

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spoke on the importance
of expanding jobs-driven

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skills training in
the 21st Century.

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The President: We saw
firsthand everything

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that you are doing to train
more workers

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for new jobs and better jobs.

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Jobs companies need
to keep growing.

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And what we want to do is
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your model across the country.

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You're doing something
right that is making

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a difference in people's
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and we want to spread the word.

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Narrator: On Thursday
morning, the President

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and the Vice President
welcomed the

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Wounded Warrior's Soldier Ride
back to the White House.

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Later that afternoon, the
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to the briefing room for an
important announcement.

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The President: The bottom
line is,

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under the Affordable Care Act,
the number of Americans

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who have signed up for
private insurance

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in the marketplaces has grown
to eight million people.

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35 percent of people who
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the federal marketplace are
under the age of 35.

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This thing is working.

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Narrator: Meanwhile,
across town,

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the First Lady was at Howard
University for a tour

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and roundtable discussion with
students,

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highlighting the President's
North Star goal, that by 2020,

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America will once
again have the highest

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proportion of college
graduates in the world.

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Mrs. Obama: And now it's
up to you all to take

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that baton and do the very
best you can with it.

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And that's one of the
reasons why I wanted

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to be here with all of you
for this, because this

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transition for some of you
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be a little scary, right?

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Narrator: As always,
stay engaged online, and

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remember, you can find out
more information about

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any of these topics, or see
complete videos

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of these events at whitehouse.gov.

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And thanks again for
checking

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out your West Wing Week.

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The President: The problem
though is, I always

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thought that it's sort of
the

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whole engineering cool thing.

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I kind of like the glasses and the (inaudible)

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(laughter)

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The President: These
guys all (inaudible).

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(laughter)