| 00:00:15 | I just have one other thing to add. We made a number of personnel announcements today. There is going to be an incredible team that Denis will help lead. But I thought I’d take the occasion to just embarrass somebody. Some of you may know that today is David Plouffe’s last day in the White House. (Laughter.) I had to hide this in the end of my remarks because I knew he wouldn’t want me to bring it up. So we had some secret squirrel stuff going on here to -- (laughter) -- avoid him thinking that we were going to talk about him. |
| 00:00:52 | But as many of you know, David has been with me from the very start of this enterprise running for President. I can’t tell you how lucky I have been to have him manage our campaign back in 2008, then join the White House during these very challenging last two years. He’s built a well-deserved reputation as being a numbers genius and a pretty tough combatant when it comes to politics. But what people don’t always realize -- because he doesn’t like to show it -- is the reason he does this stuff is because he cares deeply about people. And he cares about justice, and he cares about making sure that everybody gets a shot in life. And those values have motivated him to do incredible things, and were it not for him, we would not have been as effective a White House and I probably wouldn’t be here. |
| 00:02:02 | So I thought it was worthwhile for us just to say -- even if he doesn’t want us to say it -- thank you to David Plouffe. (Applause.) |
| 00:02:37 | Thank you, everybody. |
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