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1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,870 (music) 2 00:00:03,603 --> 00:00:04,503 President Obama: Well, the White House is 3 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:05,234 the people's house. 4 00:00:05,238 --> 00:00:08,138 Michelle and I and the girls, we understand that 5 00:00:08,141 --> 00:00:11,741 we're here for a limited time, and we're here 6 00:00:11,745 --> 00:00:13,845 because we have this incredible privilege of 7 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:15,687 serving the American people and looking after 8 00:00:15,682 --> 00:00:18,222 them and what they are concerned about. 9 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:20,488 (music) 10 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:24,357 I think everybody, the first night they spend in 11 00:00:24,357 --> 00:00:25,657 the White House, are a little overwhelmed. 12 00:00:25,658 --> 00:00:30,268 You know, the White House is such an icon in 13 00:00:30,263 --> 00:00:33,203 American life and around the globe, and the notion 14 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:36,699 that you'd be sleeping in a bed inside of it, is a 15 00:00:36,703 --> 00:00:39,203 little bit intimidating. 16 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:41,405 And, at least when you've got a couple kids, you 17 00:00:41,408 --> 00:00:43,878 pretty much get into a routine because you know 18 00:00:43,877 --> 00:00:46,477 that you're going to have to figure out how to wake 19 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:47,979 them up, and make sure they get to school 20 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:49,621 on that first day. 21 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:52,986 So, the transition was smooth, but that first 22 00:00:52,986 --> 00:00:56,256 night you kind of wake up with a start a little bit 23 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:58,256 and say to yourself, "My goodness, what am 24 00:00:58,258 --> 00:00:59,528 I doing here?" 25 00:00:59,526 --> 00:01:01,366 (music) 26 00:01:01,361 --> 00:01:04,861 Everyday -- although you consider it the place you 27 00:01:04,864 --> 00:01:07,834 live -- I think you're very mindful that this is 28 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:10,804 a place of history; that this is a place that 29 00:01:10,804 --> 00:01:13,104 belongs to the people and to the country. 30 00:01:13,106 --> 00:01:16,576 As much as you want to feel comfortable in that 31 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:19,016 place, you also want to feel a little bit of 32 00:01:19,012 --> 00:01:21,612 reverence for the fact that down these halls 33 00:01:21,614 --> 00:01:26,724 Lincoln has walked, and in these rooms FDR has made 34 00:01:26,719 --> 00:01:32,859 decisions that had impacts around the world. 35 00:01:32,859 --> 00:01:34,329 (music) 36 00:01:35,228 --> 00:01:37,798 While you're here, you're maybe part of the first 37 00:01:37,797 --> 00:01:41,637 family, but once your term's up you're going to 38 00:01:41,634 --> 00:01:43,974 be a citizen once again. 39 00:01:43,970 --> 00:01:49,010 And that, I think, it both humbling, but extremely 40 00:01:49,008 --> 00:01:51,808 gratifying because it reminds us that this is a 41 00:01:51,811 --> 00:01:56,751 democracy, and those who come into this office are 42 00:01:56,749 --> 00:01:59,649 here temporarily and someday soon there's going 43 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:01,822 to be somebody else who takes up that mantle and 44 00:02:01,821 --> 00:02:04,721 you just make sure that during the time that 45 00:02:04,724 --> 00:02:06,064 you're here you're doing the best you can to serve 46 00:02:06,059 --> 00:02:07,329 the people who've sent you. 47 00:02:07,327 --> 00:02:15,437 (music)