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President Obama: Well,
the White House is
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the people's house.
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Michelle and I and the
girls, we understand that
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we're here for a limited
time, and we're here
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because we have this
incredible privilege of
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serving the American
people and looking after
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them and what they
are concerned about.
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I think everybody, the
first night they spend in
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the White House, are
a little overwhelmed.
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You know, the White
House is such an icon in
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American life and around
the globe, and the notion
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that you'd be sleeping in
a bed inside of it, is a
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little bit intimidating.
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And, at least when you've
got a couple kids, you
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pretty much get into a
routine because you know
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that you're going to have
to figure out how to wake
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them up, and make sure
they get to school
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on that first day.
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So, the transition was
smooth, but that first
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night you kind of wake up
with a start a little bit
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and say to yourself, "My
goodness, what am
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I doing here?"
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Everyday -- although you
consider it the place you
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live -- I think you're
very mindful that this is
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a place of history; that
this is a place that
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belongs to the people
and to the country.
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As much as you want to
feel comfortable in that
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place, you also want to
feel a little bit of
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reverence for the fact
that down these halls
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Lincoln has walked, and in
these rooms FDR has made
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decisions that had
impacts around the world.
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While you're here, you're
maybe part of the first
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family, but once your
term's up you're going to
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be a citizen once again.
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And that, I think, it both
humbling, but extremely
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gratifying because it
reminds us that this is a
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democracy, and those who
come into this office are
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here temporarily and
someday soon there's going
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to be somebody else who
takes up that mantle and
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you just make sure that
during the time that
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you're here you're doing
the best you can to serve
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the people
who've sent you.
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