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♪♪ (drum and bugle corps) ♪♪

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Narrator:
Welcome to the West Wing Week!

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Your guide to everything
that's happening at 1600

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Pennsylvania Avenue.

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(helicopter whirr)

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This week, the President hosted
the Wounded Warrior Project

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Soldier Ride; visited the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum

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in Washington, D.C.; and
traveled to North Carolina,

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Colorado and Iowa, to launch his
sustained effort to get Congress

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to prevent interest rates on
student loans from doubling

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on July 1st.

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That's April 20th to April
26th or "Don't Double My Rate!"

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The President:
The hashtag is
"#Don'tDoubleMyRate!"

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Narrator:
On Friday, the President
welcomed the Wounded Warrior

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Project Soldier Ride to the
White House in celebration

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of the 6th Annual Soldier Ride,
a cycling event to help wounded

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warriors restore their physical
and emotional well-being.

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The Soldier Ride also raises
awareness of our nation's

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wounded warriors who battled
the physical and psychological

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traumas of war.

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The President:
Today there are Soldier
Rides all across the country.

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They serve as a reminder that
all of us can do our part to

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serve the men and
women who serve us.

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You got to do it on the horn.

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I don't want anybody cheatin'!

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(laughter)

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All right.

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(starter horn)

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(cheers and applause)

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Narrator:
On Monday, President Obama
marked the Holocaust Days of

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Remembrance with a
visit to the United

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States Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, D.C.

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The President toured the museum
with Noble Peace Prize Laureate

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and Holocaust
survivor Elie Wiesel.

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Then spoke on the ways in which
the United States is honoring

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the pledge of "Never Again!"

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by developing a comprehensive
strategy to prevent and respond

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to mass atrocities.

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The President:
That's why I created a new
Atrocities Prevention Board to

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bring together senior officials
from across our government to

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focus on this critical mission.

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This is not an afterthought.

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This is not a sidelight
in our foreign policy.

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Narrator:
Later on Monday, the President
presented the Commander-In-Chief

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trophy to the Air Force
Academy Football Team at

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the White House.

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On Tuesday, after conferring the
Teacher of the Year Award at the

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White House, the President set
off for campus visits at the

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University of North Carolina,
the University of Colorado at

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Boulder, and the
University of Iowa.

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Stopping first in Chapel Hill,
the President spoke to more than

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7,000 students and faculty
and announced a White House

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initiative to urge Congress
not to let interest rates for

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student loans double in July.

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The President:
I'm going to repeat that.

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The hashtag is
"#Don'tDoubleMyRate!"

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You tweet -- everybody say it
just so everybody remembers it --

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Audience in Unison:
#Don'tDoubleMyRate!

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The President:
#Don'tDoubleMyRate!

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Narrator:
The President then met up
with Jimmy Fallon and his

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house band "The Roots" for a
special on-campus taping of the

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"Jimmy Fallon Show" featuring
a very special Presidential

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edition where they had a moment
to practice back stage before

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they, yes, slow jammed the news.

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The President then traveled west
to the University of Colorado at

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Boulder where he stopped into
the campus restaurant in "The

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Sink" and met up with some
graduating students to talk

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a bit about their future.

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The President:
No matter how good
you are at business

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if you're doing something
that you don't like --

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Female Student:
It's not going to go anywhere.

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The President:
-- it's not going to go anywhere.

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But if you're interested in
something and then all the tools

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you guys have learned you're
applying to that you can make

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a business entity.

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Narrator:
The President then addressed a
crowd of more than 6,000 people

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about one of his top priorities,
a priority shared by more than

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7 million college students
and their families all across

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the country.

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The President:
America is not just about
a few people doing well.

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America is about everybody
having their share of the

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wealth, that's what
we're all about.

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(cheers and applause)

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, the President
traveled to the University of

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Iowa where he participated in
a roundtable discussion with

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current student loan recipients
to hear from them about their

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experience and then address an
enthusiastic crowd of students,

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faculty staff, and the
University of Iowa Marching

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Band about the critical
need for Congress to act.

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The President:
This is the economy!

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(cheers and applause)

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This is the economy!

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(cheers and applause)

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This is about your job security!

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(cheers and applause)

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This is about your future!

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(cheers and applause)

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If you do well the
economy does well!

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(cheers and applause)

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This is about the economy!

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(cheers and applause)

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Narrator:
On Thursday, the President
congratulated the Spring Season

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White House Interns and met with
Champions of Change thus capping

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off another busy, challenging
and eventful West Wing Week.

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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.

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And thanks again for checking
out your West Wing Week!

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This week we'll do a
brand new regular feature,

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a montage of some of our
favorite West Wing Week moments.

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Tim Jefferson:
We have to see you
strike the Heisman pose.

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(laughter)

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(cheers and applause)

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The President:
The reason I root for this team
is they're almost as old as me!

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(laughter)

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You know?

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I mean, these are
my contemporaries.

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You know?

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The President:
Absolutely.

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I wanted to hear the cheer.

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Coach:
It's "win the day."

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The President:
Win the day?

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Coach:
And I'm sure that's your motto.

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The President:
I like that.

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That's my motto
every morning, man.

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Absolutely.

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Coach:
How about it?

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The President:
All right. Let's hear it!

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Team players:
One, two (clap-clap)
... win the day!

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The President:
I like that. One more time!

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Team:
Ooh!

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One, two, three ... Streaks!

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Whooooo!

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The President:
There you go!

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I'm tempted to wear it.

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(laughter)

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Player:
Put it on!

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The President:
I'll just put it in my pocket.

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I can't do it, man.

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(laughter)

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I can't do it.

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The President:
Where do you guys get
your Smoothies from?

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Girls:
We're making them.

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The President:
You make them yourselves?

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Girls:
Yeah.

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The President:
What, are these like, special
super-duper protein Smoothies

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or something?

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Smoothie Girls:
Yeah, they're totally good.

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The President:
Yeah?

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Smoothie Girl:
Come down and I'll
make it personally.

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Smoothie Girl:
You should have come to
where we work last night.

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The President:
Do you make the best Smoothies?

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Smoothie Girl:
Yeah.

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Smoothie Girls:
She does.

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Smoothie Girl:
Yeah, she does.

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The President:
She does? Everybody agrees.

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They must be pretty good.

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All right. Well, keep it up!