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Male Speaker: Let's go.
Female Speaker: Let's go.
Female Speaker: I applied for this internship because
when I was five years old I had this like crazy dream.
You know when you're five and they ask you,
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
And people are like, "I want to be a teacher.
I want to be a firefighter."
I was like, "I want to work in the White House."
Narrator: Welcome to a very special internship program
edition of your West Wing Week.
The White House Internship Program is a unique
opportunity for future leaders to gain professional
experience, build leadership skills,
and serve America's President.
I'm Josh Earnest by the way, the White House Press
Secretary and Narrator of West Wing Week.
Male Speaker: You're always given an opportunity to succeed.
They encourage your development in a lot of ways
and I feel like I'm a new leader and I feel like they
really enhance my vision.
Narrator: The White House Internship Program dates
back to the Eisenhower administration and more than
3,000 young people have served in the program under
the Obama White House.
Female Speaker: Each day is different at the White House.
Your schedule may look a certain way when you come
into work and by the time you leave you've done a
completely different host of things.
It's unlike any place I've ever worked before.
Narrator: White House interns are placed in one of
16 different White House departments.
Each department is fast paced with a diverse set of
responsibilities making this internship an exciting place
to learn.
Female Speaker: The interaction with staffers,
like constantly whether via email or on the phone or
people come in.
That's definitely the best part.
We always feel very helpful because we're able to answer
a lot of different questions for people and a lot of
times make people's day by helping them out.
Narrator: The White House Internship Program provides
incredible opportunities for interns to develop
leadership skills and prepare them for a future
in public service.
Male Speaker: I think one of the biggest takeaways from
the White House internship has been the opportunity to
serve the public and to implement chance.
The most memorable moment of the internship was
definitely getting to meet the President and doing a
Q&A with him.
I think that was the moment that a lot of us were
waiting for.
The President gave us a lot of really great advice and I
think that's something that we'll all take with us.
The President: Worry less about what you want to be.
Worry more about what you want to do.
Male Speaker: By far my most memorable moment was reading
my first piece of correspondence sent
to the President.
I'll never forget the stories and the ideas that
they shared.
Female Speaker: Most memorable moment was
definitely meeting the First Lady Ms. Michelle Obama.
I got to introduce her to the intern class and it was
just an incredible experience.
Her inspiration is what I'm here
at the White House today.
Narrator: Apply for the White House Internship Program
at WhiteHouse.gov/internships.
Multiple: Welcome to the White House.
Female Speaker: Just go for it.
Every single intern here when you ask them, "Oh,
you know, what's your story?
How did you get here?"
They all start with saying, "I did not think that I
would get, you know, an interview.
I did not think that I would end up here but we all took
the shot and just why not?
Why wouldn't you want to be part of history?
Why wouldn't you take that chance?"
Female Speaker: It was kind of that thing where like,
five year old me was like, "Yes, you finally did it."
Narrator: Thanks so much for checking out this special
intern edition of West Wing Week.
And by the way, this video was produced by
a White House intern.
The President: You are so far ahead of where I was
when I was your age because first of all,
I didn't know there was such a thing as
a White House Internship.
Nobody told me that.
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