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♪♪(Bugle Corps playing)♪♪

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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, September 17th to the
23rd,

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or "Immeasurable Courage and
Uncommon Valor."

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(applause)

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On Friday, September 17th,
President Obama announced that

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Elizabeth Warren will lead the
effort to set up the Consumer

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Financial Protection Bureau and
help implement the toughest

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financial reforms in consumer
protections since the Great Depression.

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President Obama:
Elizabeth understands what I strongly believe --

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that a strong, growing economy
begins with a strong and

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thriving middle class.

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And that means every American
has to get a fair shake in their

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financial dealings.

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Narrator:
On Monday, September 20th, the President went to the Newseum in

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Washington, D.C., where he
participated in a live CNBC

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Townhall Discussion, taking
questions from ordinary

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Americans on jobs and the
economy,

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and the steps his administration
has taken to promote growth.

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Speaker:
The President is on his mark.

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Speaker:
Yes.

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President Obama:
Let's go ahead and move forward on what we agree to,

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which is tax relief for 95 -- 97% of Americans.

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In fact, actually everybody
would get tax relief,

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but just up to $250,000 a year
more.

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And let's get the economy moving
faster,

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let's get it growing faster.

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At some point in the future, if
we want to have discussions

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about further lowering tax
rates,

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let's do so at a time when we
can actually afford it.

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Narrator:
On Tuesday, September 21st, President Obama posthumously

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awarded the Medal of Honor to
Chief Master Sergeant Richard L.

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Etchberger of the U.S. Air Force for the immeasurable courage and

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uncommon valor he displayed in combat on March 11, 1968 in the

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country of Laos.

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President Obama:
I was so moved when I first read the account of his heroism and

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his courage.

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Our nation endures because there
are patriots like Chief Master

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Sergeant Richard Etchberger -- and our troops who are serving

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as we speak -- who love this nation and defend it.

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And their legacy lives on
because their families and

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fellow citizens preserve it.

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Narrator:
On Wednesday, September 22nd, the President visited the

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Brayshaws in Falls Church,
Virginia to speak with them and

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their neighbors about what
health care reform means for

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families across America.

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President Obama:
Let me introduce you -- this is the Secretary of Health and

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Human Services --

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(introductions are made)

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Secretary Sebelius:
Hi.

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Mrs. Brayshaw:
It's a pleasure to see you again.

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Secretary Sebelius:
Thanks so much for letting us charge in.

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Narrator:
Effective this week, the Affordable Health Care Act is

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stopping the worst abuses of the
insurance industry by putting in

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place the strongest consumer
protections in our history --

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what amounts to a true Patients
Bill of Rights.

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President Obama:
-- typically diagnosed very late.

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If you've got a policy, you get
sick,

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the insurance company covers
you.

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Number two: preexisting
conditions for children.

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Children who have preexisting
conditions are going to be covered.

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Number three: We're going to
make sure that if young people

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don't have health insurance
through their employer,

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that they can stay on their
parents' health insurance up to

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the age of 26.

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Narrator:
That afternoon, the President departed for New York City,

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where world leaders were
gathered for the United Nations

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General Assembly -- an opportunity to work collectively

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with other nations to solve complex challenges,

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like imposing the stiffest international sanctions ever on

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North Korea and Iran, and development issues,

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such as food and security, which the President addressed at the

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Millennium Development Goals Conference,

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his first stop after arriving at the UN.

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President Obama:
Excellent job.

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Deputy Prime Minister Clegg:
Good, glad to see you.

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President Obama:
All right.

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Deputy Prime Minister Clegg:
Let me get out of your way.

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President Obama:
I will see you soon.

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Deputy Prime Minister Clegg:
Yeah, thank you.

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President Obama:
Thank you so much.

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Narrator:
On Thursday, September 23rd, the President continued his

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diplomatic efforts, not only
addressing the United Nations

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General Assembly, but holding
bilateral meetings with the

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leaders of China and Japan, and
traveling crosstown to give

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remarks at the closing plenary
session of the Clinton Global Initiative.

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He also held time on Friday for
meetings with Azerbaijan,

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Colombia, and Kyrgyzstan.

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President Obama:
Good to see you, my friend.

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How are you?

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You're doing well?

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You look very well.

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Thank you so much.

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I'm doing fine, I'm -- this is my wife, Michelle.

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(indiscernible talking)

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Freedom, justice and peace for
the world must begin with

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freedom, justice, and peace in
the lives of individual human beings.

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And for the United States, this
is a matter of moral and

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pragmatic necessity.

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Those who defend these values
for their people have been our

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closest friends and allies,
while those who have denied

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those rights -- whether terrorist groups or tyrannical

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governments -- have chosen to be our adversaries.

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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.

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And thanks again for checking
out your West Wing Week.

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Mrs. Brayshaw:
Oh, my mother was wondering if you'd bring Bo.

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President Obama:
You know, if I'd known that he was welcome,

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I would've brought him.

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Mr. Brayshaw:
Geez, that'd have been a treat.

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President Obama:
Absolutely.

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Bo's actually the most -- pretty -- he's a good dog.

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But he has been sitting in my -- he's in my bed.

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(laughter)

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Speaker:
Oh, goodness.