>> STATION, THIS IS HOUSTON.
ARE YOU READY FOR THE EVENT?
>> YES, WE'RE READY FOR THE EVENT.
>> WHITE HOUSE, THIS IS MISSION CONTROL, HOUSTON.
PLEASE CALL STATION FOR A VOICE CHECK.
>> DO YOU HEAR ME?
>> YES, SIR, WE HAVE YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
>> WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE.
GREAT AMERICAN EQUIPMENT THAT WORKS.
AND THIS ISN'T EASY.
>> YEAH, WE LIKE THAT TOO.
>> IT'S VERY EXCITING TO BE HERE.
VERY, VERY EXCITING.
AND TO SPEAK TO YOU LIVE WITH THREE BRAVE AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS.
THESE ARE OUR FINEST.
THESE ARE GREAT, GREAT AMERICANS, GREAT PEOPLE.
TO JOIN US FROM ORBIT ABOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION,
COMMANDER PEGGY WHITSON AND COLONEL JACK FISCHER.
PEGGY WHITSON HAS BEEN SETTING RECORDS.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT VERY SOON.
I'M HERE IN THE OVAL OFFICE ALONG WITH MY DAUGHTER IVANKA
AND ASTRONAUT KATE RUBENS WHO RECENTLY RETURNED FROM SPACE AND
FROM THE SPACE STATION.
TOGETHER WE ARE BEING JOINED BY STUDENTS ALL ACROSS AMERICA,
THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE LEARNING.
THEY'RE LEARNING ABOUT SPACE, LEARNING ABOUT A LOT OF OTHER
THINGS.
AND THEY'RE WATCHING THIS CONVERSATION FROM THE CLASSROOM.
AND ALL OVER, WE HAVE ASTRONAUTS, AND WE HAVE
EVERYBODY.
WE'RE FLYING RIGHT NOW, 17,000 MILES PER HOUR.
THAT'S ABOUT AS FAST AS I'VE EVER HEARD.
I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE FLYING 17,000 MILES AN HOUR.
BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
PEGGY, JACK, AND KATE, I KNOW THAT AMERICAN STUDENTS ARE
THRILLED TO HEAR FROM YOU.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY IN
THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF AMERICAN SPACE FLIGHT.
TODAY, COMMANDER WHITSON, YOU HAVE BROKEN THE RECORD FOR THE
MOST TOTAL TIME SPENT IN SPACE BY AN AMERICAN ASTRONAUT.
534 DAYS AND COUNTING.
THAT'S AN INCREDIBLE RECORD TO BREAK.
AND ON BEHALF OF OUR NATION AND FRANKLY BEHALF OF THE WORLD, I
WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
THAT IS REALLY SOMETHING.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW DOES IT FEEL TO HAVE BROKEN SUCH A
BIG AND IMPORTANT RECORD?
>> WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY A HUGE HONOR TO BREAK A RECORD LIKE
THIS.
BUT IT'S AN HONOR FOR ME BASICALLY TO BE REPRESENTING ALL
THE FOLKS AT NASA WHO MAKE THIS SPACE FLIGHT POSSIBLE AND WHO
MAKE ME SETTING THIS RECORD FEASIBLE.
SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME TO BE AT NASA.
WE'RE ALL VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD, AS DIRECTED BY YOUR NEW
NASA BILL, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE MISSIONS TO MARS IN THE
2030s.
AND SO WE ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY HAVE HARDWARE ON THE GROUND
BEING BUILT, THE ROCKETS THAT WILL TAKE US THERE.
THE HARDWARE BEING BUILT NOW WILL BE FOR THE TEST FLIGHTS
THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GET US THERE.
IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME AND I'M SO PROUD OF THE TEAM.
>> GREAT.
AND WHAT ARE WE LEARNING FROM HAVING YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME UP
THERE?
I KNOW SO MUCH RESEARCH IS DONE.
I'M GETTING A GLIMPSE OF SOME OF IT RIGHT HERE IN THE OVAL
OFFICE.
WHAT ARE WE LEARNING BY BEING IN SPACE?
>> I THINK PROBABLY THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS
PROVIDING A KEY BRIDGE FROM US DOING†-- LIVING ON EARTH TO
GOING SOMEWHERE INTO DEEP SPACE.
SO ON THOSE MARS MISSIONS, WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW
MICROGRAVITY IS REALLY AFFECTING OUR BODY.
MANY OF THE STUDIES LOOK AT THE HUMAN BODY.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS THAT INVOLVE OPERATIONS OF A
SPACE VEHICLE ON THESE LONG DURATION MISSIONS, AND THE
TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED.
FOR INSTANCE, ON A MULTI-YEAR MARS MISSION, WE'RE GOING TO
NEED TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM.
THAT MEANS WE, RIGHT NOW, FOR INSTANCE, ARE TAKING SOLAR POWER
THAT WE COLLECT AND USING IT TO BREAK APART WATER INTO OXYGEN
AND HYDROGEN.
THE OXYGEN WE BREATHE, OF COURSE.
WE USE THE HYDROGEN, COMBINE IT BACK WITH THE CO2 THAT WE GET
OUT OF THE AIR AND MAKE WATER.
BUT WATER IS SUCH A PRECIOUS RESOURCE UP HERE THAT WE ALSO
ARE CLEANING UP OUR URINE AND MAKING IT DRINKABLE.
AND IT'S REALLY NOT AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS.
>> THAT'S GOOD, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT.
BETTER YOU THAN ME.
I WILL SAY, COLONEL FISCHER, YOU JUST ARRIVED, HOW WAS YOUR TRIP?
COMPLICATED, EASY?
HOW DID IT GO?
>> SIR, IT WAS AWESOME.
IT MADE EVEN MY BELOVED F-22 FEEL A LITTLE BIT UNDERPOWERED.
YOU KNOW, I LAUNCHED IN A RUSSIAN VEHICLE WITH MY RUSSIAN
FRIEND, FYODOR YURCHIKHIN FROM KAZAKHSTAN, GOT THE IMMEDIATE
PERSPECTIVE CHANGE, AS WE GOT TO ORBIT, AND I SAW THAT FRAIL,
THIN BLUE LINE OF LIFE AROUND THE EARTH.
SIX HOURS LATER, WE'RE DOCKED TO THE STATION.
THE NEXT DAY I INSTALL AN EXPERIMENT IN THE JAPANESE MODEL
THAT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEW DRUGS AND HOW WE CAN MAKE
THOSE DRUGS FOR MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ALZHEIMER'S, ALL
SORTS OF THINGS.
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER, I WATCHED OUR CREWMATE, THOMAS
PESQUET, A FRENCHMAN, DRIVE A CANADIAN ROBOTIC ARM TO CAPTURE
A SPACESHIP FROM VIRGINIA CARRYING 3†1/2 TONS OF CARGO AND
SCIENCE THAT'S GOING TO KEEP US BUSY FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS,
AND DOCKED THAT TO THE STATION.
SIR, IT'S AMAZING.
AND OH, NOW I'M TALKING TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
WHILE HANGING FROM A WALL.
IT'S AMAZING.
THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION IS BY FAR THE BEST EXAMPLE OF
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN WE WORK
TOGETHER IN THE HISTORY HUMANITY.
I AM SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF IT.
IT'S ALSO JUST COOL, LIKE YESTERDAY, I HAD†-- THERE YOU
GO, THERE'S OUR RESIDENT SPACE NINJA DOING THE GRAVITY
DEMONSTRATION.
AND YESTERDAY MORNING, I HAD MY COFFEE IN FLOATY BALL FORM.
AND SIR, IT WAS DELICIOUS.
SO IT'S AWESOME.
>> TELL ME, MARS, WHAT DO YOU SEE A TIMING FOR ACTUALLY
SENDING HUMANS TO MARS?
IS THERE A SCHEDULE?
WHEN WOULD YOU SEE THAT HAPPENING?
>> WELL, I THINK AS YOUR BILL DIRECTED, IT WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY IN THE 2030s.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ACTUALLY ARE BUILDING HARDWARE TO TEST THE
NEW HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLE.
AND THIS VEHICLE WILL TAKE US FURTHER THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN
AWAY FROM THIS PLANET.
UNFORTUNATELY, SPACE FLIGHT TAKES A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY.
SO GETTING THERE WILL REQUIRE SOME INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
TO GET IT TO BE A PLANET-WIDE APPROACH IN ORDER TO MAKE IT
SUCCESSFUL, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE ENDEAVOR.
BUT IT IS SO WORTHWHILE DOING.
>> WELL, WE WANT TO TRY AND DO IT DURING MY FIRST TERM OR AT
WORST DURING MY SECOND TERM.
SO WE'LL HAVE TO SPEED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT, OKAY?
>> WE'LL DO OUR BEST.
>> YOU WILL.
I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU FOLKS, IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU DO.
I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE ANOTHER GREAT ONE.
KATE RUBENS IS WITH US TODAY.
SHE HAS BEEN SO IMPRESSIVE AT RESEARCH AND SO MANY OTHER
THINGS HAVING TO DO WITH NASA.
AND KATE, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO SEQUENCE DNA
IN SPACE.
CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT?
>> YES, THAT WAS ACTUALLY JUST THIS LAST SUMMER.
IT'S A REAL EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO WITH TECHNOLOGY AND
INNOVATION.
WE'VE GOTTEN A SEQUENCER DOWN TO THE SIZE OF YOUR CELLPHONE.
WE WERE ABLE TO FLY THAT ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION AND
SEQUENCE DNA.
IT'S NOT JUST A TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION, WE CAN USE IT TO
DO THINGS LIKE DETECT MICROBES ON THE STATION, LOOK AT
ASTRONAUT HEALTH.
WE CAN LOOK FOR DISEASE OUTBREAKS AND DO RURAL HEALTH
CARE AS WELL.
>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.
THAT IS REALLY GREAT.
I SAW SOME OF THE WORK, AND IT'S INCREDIBLE.
I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH POLITICIANS SO MUCH, I'M SO MUCH
MORE IMPRESSED WITH THESE PEOPLE, YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
NOW, SPEAKING OF ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE PERSON, IVANKA,
YOU'VE BEEN VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS PROGRAM.
TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
>> HI, DR.
WHITSON.
FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR INCREDIBLE MILESTONE TODAY.
YOU MAY KNOW THAT MY FATHER RECENTLY SIGNED THE INSPIRE
WOMEN ACT TO ENCOURAGE FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN S.T.E.M.
FIELDS ACROSS ALL AEROSPACE AREAS, AND
REALLY WITH A FOCUS ON NASA.
SO ENCOURAGING WOMEN AND GIRLS TO PURSUE S.T.E.M.
CAREERS IS A MAJOR PRIORITY FOR THIS
ADMINISTRATION.
AND TODAY, WE ARE SITTING WITH AN AMAZING EXAMPLE OF THAT, DR.
RUBENS, AND YOU, DR.
WHITSON.
I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU WHAT WAS THE IMPETUS FOR YOU TO
GET INVOLVED IN THE SCIENCES.
>> SO WHEN I WAS†-- >> ACTUALLY†--
>> I WENT TO A CONFERENCE ON DNA, IT WAS SORT OF THE
BEGINNING OF RECOMBINANT DNA AND UNDERSTANDING BIOLOGY.
THE EXPOSURE TO SCIENTISTS AND THE KINDS OF THINGS YOU CAN DO
WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION.
>> AMAZING.
DR.
WHITSON?
>> FOR ME, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE APOLLO PROGRAM WAS MY
INSPIRATION.
AND THAT WHEN IT BECAME A DREAM TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT.
I DON'T THINK IT BECAME A GOAL UNTIL I GRADUATED FROM HIGH
SCHOOL, WHEN THE FIRST FEMALE ASTRONAUTS WERE SELECTED.
AND SEEING THOSE ROLE MODELS, AND WITH THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY
PARENTS AND VARIOUS MENTORS IN COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL, AND
WHEN I STARTED WORKING AT RICE, THAT'S WHAT MADE IT POSSIBLE TO
BECOME AN ASTRONAUT.
IT TOOK ME A LOT LONGER TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT THAN I
REALLY WANTED IT TO TAKE, BUT I THINK I'M BETTER AT THE JOB
BECAUSE OF THE JOURNEY.
>> YOU'RE AN INCREDIBLE INSPIRATION TO US ALL.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION.
I'M INCREDIBLY CURIOUS, AS I'M SURE ALL STUDENTS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ARE, TO KNOW WHAT A DAY IN THE LIFE OF SPACE IS LIKE.
COULD YOU SHARE WHAT A TIP DAY LOOKS LIKE, WHAT THE CHALLENGES
ARE, JUST ANY SPECIAL MOMENTS.
>> WELL, A TYPICAL DAY, WE WAKE UP AND LOOK AT THE MESSAGES FROM
THE GROUND, BECAUSE WE HAVE A HUGE GROUND TEAM THAT'S WORKING
ON OVERNIGHT TO PREPARE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES OR THE DETAILS OF
THE TESTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PERFORMING OVER THE COURSE OF
THE DAY.
SO THE FIRST THING I DO IS CHECK THAT OUT, SEE WHAT'S CHANGED.
ON ANY GIVEN DAY, IT CAN BE SO DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
ON ONE DAY WE MIGHT BE FOCUSING ON SCIENCE.
ON ANOTHER DAY WE MIGHT BE REPAIRING THE CARBON DIOXIDE
REMOVAL SYSTEM.
SOON JACK AND I ARE GOING TO DO A SPACE WALK.
I LOVE THE DIVERSITY OF THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO.
PLUS WE HAVE OVER 200 INVESTIGATIONS ONGOING ON BOARD
THE SPACE STATION.
AND I JUST THINK THAT'S A PHENOMENAL PART OF THE DAY.
THERE'S ALSO JUST THE LIVING ON BOARD THE SPACE STATION, IT'S
SUCH A UNIQUE AND NOVEL ENVIRONMENT, NOTHING THAT WE'RE
USED TO ON THE GROUND.
IT'S SO SPECIAL JUST TO BE IN ZERO GRAVITY.
JACK IS THE NEW GUY HERE, I THINK HE CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU A
BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT THAT'S LIKE.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING HERE, MY DAD ALWAYS SAID THAT IF
YOU LOVE WHAT YOU DO, YOU NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.
WE WORK REALLY HARD UP HERE, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY WORK, IT'S FUN,
IT'S LIKE PLAYING FORT, ALMOST, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE CHANGING THE
WORLD WHILE YOU DO IT.
ON YOUR OFF TIME, THE OTHER MORNING I WAS WORKING OUT, AND
ON OUR MACHINE THAT WE WORK OUT ON, RIGHT BELOW IT IS THE CUPOLA
WINDOW.
WHEN YOU'RE ON THE DEVICE WHERE YOU DO CRUNCHES, EVERY TIME YOU
COME UP, HE SEE OUT THE WINDOW AND IT'S AWESOME, BECAUSE YOU
GO, CRUNCH, OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, I'VE GOT TO DO THAT
AGAIN, CRUNCH, OH, MY GOSH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S AWESOME.
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IS FUN AND IT FEELS SO GREAT TO KNOW THAT
WE'RE MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE GROUND AND FOR THE FUTURE OF
HUMANITY AS WELL.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE JOB.
>> YOU'RE MAKING A GREAT DIFFERENCE, I HAVE TO SAY.
AND THIS IS A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH OUR COUNTRY IN TERMS OF
JOBS, IN TERMS OF BUSINESS.
THERE'S SUCH EXCITEMENT AND SUCH ENTHUSIASM.
MANY AMERICANS, ENTREPRENEURS ARE RACING INTO SPACE.
I HAVE MANY FRIENDS SO EXCITED ABOUT SPACE, THEY WANT TO GET
INVOLVED IN SPACE FROM THE AT SOME POINT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP
AND BUSINESS.
TELL US ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD EXIST FOR THE NEXT
GENERATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK A STUDENT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO
MANY STUDENTS, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS WATCHING, IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK THAT STUDENTS SHOULD BE FOCUSING, OR
SHOULD THEY BE THINKING ABOUT OTHER SUBJECTS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG STUDENTS
WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN SPACE?
>> SIR, ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXCITING TIME IN SPACE
EXPLORATION, CERTAINLY IN MY LIFETIME.
WE ARE ABOUT TO JUST HAVE AN EXPLOSION OF ACTIVITY.
THERE IS SO MUCH INVOLVEMENT ON THE SPACE STATION WITH
COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIES AND COMMERCIAL PARTNERS.
WE HAVE AN ENTIRE PROGRAM TO MANAGE THE SCIENCE.
NASA HAS DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF SEEDING A NEW INDUSTRY WITH THE
COMMERCIAL CREW PROGRAM AND THE COMMERCIAL CARGO PROGRAM, SO
THAT WE CAN BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED FOR THE
FUTURE EXPLORATION.
ONE THING I LOVE ABOUT AMERICAN ENTREPRENEURS, ONCE YOU GET THEM
GOING, YOU BETTER STAND OUT OF THEIR WAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING
TO START TRUCKING.
WE'RE ABOUT TO THAT POINT.
NASA IS TAKEN ON THAT EXPENSIVE, HARD, COMPLEX TASK OF GOING
FURTHER AND DEEPER INTO SPACE WITH THE WONDERFUL NEW ROCKET
SPACE LAUNCH SYSTEM AND ORION.
AND THEN AS SOON AS WE BREAK OPEN THAT DOOR, THIS INCREDIBLE
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IS GOING TO BE RIGHT
THERE TO PICK UP THE BATON AND CONTINUE INTO THE STARS.
I WOULD SAY TO ALL THE STUDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, THE TIME TO
GET EXCITED IS NOW.
IF YOU AREN'T STUDYING SCIENCE AND MATH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO
THINK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE OUR FUTURE IN THE STARS STARTS NOW.
AND YOU CAN BE A PART OF THAT, IF, LIKE DR.
WHITSON, YOU CAN FIND THAT PASSION AND WORK
REALLY HARD.
AND WE'RE GOING TO FIND A PERMANENT FOOTHOLD IN THE STARS
FOR HUMANITY IF YOU DO THAT.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, SO WELL-SAID.
AND I HAVE TO SAY, THERE'S TREMENDOUS MILITARY APPLICATION
IN SPACE.
WE'RE REBUILDING OUR MILITARY LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
WE'RE ORDERING EQUIPMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY THAT WE'VE
EVER HAD, THE STRONGEST MILITARY THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN,
AND THERE'S BEEN NO TIME WHEN WE NEED IT MORE.
I'M SURE EVERY STUDENT WATCHING WANTS TO KNOW, WHAT IS NEXT FOR
AMERICANS IN SPACE?
I'M VERY PROUD, I JUST SIGNED A BILL COMMITTING NASA TO THE AIM
OF SENDING AMERICAN ASTRONAUTS TO MARS.
WE'LL DO THAT, I THINK WE'LL DO THAT A LOT SOONER THAN WE'RE
THINKING.
WHICH ONE OF YOU IS READY TO GO TO MARS?
ARE YOU READY?
I THINK YOU'RE READY.
I KNOW YOU'RE READY, SHE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO MARS VERY QUICKLY.
WHO IS READY TO GO TO MARS UP THERE?
>> WE ARE ABSOLUTELY READY TO GO TO MARS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A FANTASTIC JOURNEY GETTING THERE, A VERY
EXCITING TIME.
ALL OF US WOULD BE HAPPY TO GO.
I WANT ALL OUR YOUNG PEOPLE OUT THERE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE REAL
STEPS ARE GOING TO BE TAKEN IN A FEW YEARS.
SO BY STUDYING MATH, SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ANY KIND OF
TECHNOLOGY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PART IN THAT.
THAT WILL BE VERY EXCITING.
>> I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND DR.
WHITSON, CONGRATULATIONS, AMAZING, WHAT
AN AMAZING THING THAT YOU'VE DONE.
EVERYBODY HERE, I KNOW YOUR FAMILY, EVERYBODY HERE IS PROUD
OF THE RECORD YOU JUST BROKE.
I HOPE EVERY YOUNG AMERICAN WATCHING TODAY FINDS IN YOUR
EXAMPLE A REASON TO LOVE SPACE AND THINK ABOUT SPACE, BECAUSE
MANY GREAT THINGS ARE GOING TO COME OUT, TREMENDOUS DISCOVERIES
IN MEDICINE AND OTHER FIELDS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I WANT TO SAY GOD BLESS YOU, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
WE ARE VERY, VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY PROUD OF YOUR BRAVERY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
>>> THIS IS HOUSTON ACR.
THAT CONCLUDES THE EVENT.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR.
PRESIDENT AND ALL PARTICIPANTS ON THE WHITE
HOUSE.
PLEASE STAND BY.
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