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Chef Sam Kass:
From the hottest summer from
the White House Kitchen Garden,
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this is West Wing Week!
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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, the White House
hosted PTA Day and the Annual
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Iftar Dinner and the President
addressed the drought and spoke
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with NASA's Curiosity team,
while the Administration began
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accepting applications for the
Deferred Action for Childhood
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Arrivals Program.
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That's August 10th to
August 16th or "Dream Day."
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Friday was PTA Day at the White
House featuring an Open for
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Questions online Q&A with
Director of the Domestic Policy
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Council, Cecilia Muñoz, and
PTA President, Betsy Landers.
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Cecilia Muñoz:
We're so excited
to have you here.
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And I'm personally excited
to be part of this because,
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as you heard, the most important
thing I do is be a mom.
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Parents play a tremendously
important role without which we
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can't hope to be successful in
making sure we meet our goals
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for our children's
education in this country.
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Narrator:
That evening, the President
hosted an Iftar Dinner marking
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Ramadan in the State Dining Room
of the White House continuing
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the annual tradition that began
under President Clinton and
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continued under
President George W. Bush
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The President:
-- all the rights
that we hold sacred,
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foremost among them is
freedom of religion.
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It's enshrined in the First
Amendment of our Constitution
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and runs through the
history of this house,
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a place where Americans of many
faiths can come together and
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celebrate their holiest of
days and that includes Ramadan.
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Thomas Jefferson once held a
Sunset Dinner here with an envoy
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from Tunisia.
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Perhaps the first Iftar at
the White House more than
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200 years ago.
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And some of you, as
you arrived tonight,
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may have seen our special
display courtesy of our friends
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at the Library of Congress,
the Qur'an that belonged to
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Thomas Jefferson.
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And that's a reminder, along
with the generations of
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patriotic Muslims in America,
that Islam, like so many faiths,
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is part of our national story.
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Narrator:
On Monday, the President made a
call to congratulate members of
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NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Team
at the agency's Jet Propulsion
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Laboratory where the
Rover was designed,
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developed and assembled.
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The President:
This is the kind of thing
that inspires kids across
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the country.
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You know, they're telling their
moms and dads they want to be
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part of a Mars Mission.
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Maybe even the first
person to walk on Mars.
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And that kind of inspiration is
the byproduct of work that you
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guys have done.
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I'm going to give you guys a
personal commitment to protect
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these critical investments
in science and technology.
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I thank you for devoting
your lives to this cause.
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And if in fact you do make
contact with Martians,
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please let me know right away.
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(laughter)
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Narrator:
Later, in Iowa, the President
toured the McIntosh Family Farms
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in Missouri Valley to see
firsthand the impact to the
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historic drought on
farmers and ranchers in the
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nation's Heartland.
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There, he reiterated a call
for Congress to pass the Farm
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Bill and announced new
Administrative Initiatives to
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help farmers and others
hurt by the drought.
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The President:
The best way to help these
states is for Congress to act.
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They need to pass a Farm Bill
that not only helps farmers and
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ranchers respond to
natural disasters,
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but also makes necessary
reforms and gives them some
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long-term certainty.
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But the folks suffering from
this drought can't wait for
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Congress to do its job.
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So in the meantime I've made
sure that my Administration,
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under the leadership of
Secretary Tom Vilsack,
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is doing everything we can
to provide relief to those
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who need it.
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And we're going to keep doing
what we can to help because
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that's what we do.
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We are Americans, we
take care of each other,
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and when our neighbors
hit a rough patch,
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we step up and help out.
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Narrator:
To find out more information on
resources available for drought
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assistance, please go to
WhiteHouse.gov/Drought.
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On Tuesday, Deputy National
Security Advisor Ben Rhodes
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stopped by to tell us about his
experience as part of the U.S.
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Delegation to the Olympics,
and his "Rhodes Traveled."
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Ben Rhodes:
Hey, everybody, I just recently
got back from London where I was
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honored to be on the U.S.
Delegation to the Closing
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Ceremonies with Susan Rice,
our Ambassador to the UN;
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Reggie Love, a former
White House staffer;
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and two outstanding athletes who
are on the President's Council
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on Fitness and Sports,
Michelle Kwan and Curtis Pride.
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We were able to take in the
excitement of the games.
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We saw some track and field.
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We also saw the U.S. mens and
womens team win gold running up
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our medal count and the U.S. was
able to decisively win the most
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gold medals and the most medals.
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And we, of course, were able
to thank some of our athletes.
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It was amazing to meet not
just some of our professional
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athletes like the
basketball players,
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but also some true amateurs,
including athletes,
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for instance, who
have other jobs.
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One athlete I spoke to is both a
multiple-time Olympic athlete as
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well as a school teacher.
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So I think it drives home how
proud we are of all the things
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that our athletes do.
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We were also able to take in the
closing ceremonies and see the
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extraordinary job that
our British allies did in
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hosting the games.
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And I think it was clear to us
in London that this was really a
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tremendous moment for
the United States,
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but also a tremendous moment for
the United Kingdom and the city
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of London who pulled off
an extraordinary games,
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came off without a hitch.
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And in that closing ceremony we
saw the spirit of our very close
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friend and ally as well as the
Spice Girls which was something
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that was very exciting
to all of us as well.
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So again wrapped up a
great game for the U.S.;
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great games for the U.K.
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And we look forward
to 2016 in Rio.
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Narrator:
Wednesday was Dream Day,
when the Administration began
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accepting applications for the
Deferred Action for Childhood
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Arrivals Program.
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Certain immigrants who were
brought to the United States as
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young children will be able to
avoid the threat of deportation
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and obtain an employment
authorization for two years by
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filling out the forms
that can be found at
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USCIS.gov/ChildhoodArrivals.
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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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But wait, before you go, here's
a word about what's in store for
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you next week.
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Chef Cris Comerford:
On Monday, we are celebrating
the Children's State Luncheon
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for the first time at the
White House and I am so excited
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because this is when they really
learn about good food and how
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good food should be.
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Tune in next week and we'll see
you on Monday for the Children's
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State Luncheon.
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So keep an eye Monday, I'm
going to see you back, okay?
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Chef Sam Kass:
Hey, come with me.
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You guys have got
to check this out.
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Come on.
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Come on.
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(doors creaking open)
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Come on.
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Come on.
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We're almost there;
we're getting close.
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All right.
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Almost there...
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Almost there...
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Come on.
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Down the hill.
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Here...we...are.
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Just wait 'til you see this.
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This is the beginnings of
the biggest watermelon the
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White House has ever seen.
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Voice behind the camera:
Congratulations.
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(watermelon kiss smack)
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