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_Published 2015-05-10. A Mothers Day Surprise from President Obama_


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## Transcript

Hi, Stephanie? Yes. Hi, this is Barack Obama. Your president. Hi, Patty. Hi, yes. Hey, this is Barack Obama. How are you? Nah- uh. Yeah, it is. No way. Yeah, way. I decided on Mother's Day I should call up some letter writer moms and say thank you for being great moms. That is amazing. Yeah, it's kinda cool. And you're one of the moms I want to say thank you to. You still don't believe me. [ LAUGH ]. Oh, it's me. I. Okay. Give me, give me a test. What kinda [ UNKNOWN ]. Ask me, ask me about anything. I was so proud of. You know everything you've done, raising four kids and, and, you know, serving our country, and, you know, they, those boys are gonna turn out good cuz of you.

It's our president, Barack Obama, on the phone. Do you wanna say hello? Hi. We decided that, on Mother's Day we need to call some moms who are out there. Hi. How are you? I know how tough it is, you know, to, to raise kids. And do right by them, and, you know, if it hadn't been for my mother, I certainly wouldn't be here. You're, you're doing the most important work there is. Well I sure appreciate hearing you say that. So are you guys gonna, are, are you gonna spoil mom on Mother's Day? Oh, most definitely. It sure means the world to get a phone call from you. Well, it's wonderful, wonderful to talk to you guys.

And, and Dawn Congratulations on being a great mom. All right, thanks. All right, bye bye. [ MUSIC ]

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