00:00I'm going to take a little time to do something that I know my husband will not do today,
00:04and that is to fully sing his praises.
00:14Barack, you gotta look at me.
00:21You told me all those years ago that you couldn't promise me the world,
00:26but you could promise me an interesting life.
00:30And, of course, you outdid yourself and managed to give me both.
00:36I know it hasn't always been easy, but there hasn't been a single second through this experience
00:43that standing by your side hasn't left me in awe.
00:49Eight years in the crucible, and not once did you melt from the heat.
00:55Not once did you let it harden you.
01:00Instead, you used it to reveal your truest essence.
01:07Your stubborn optimism and unflinching courage.
01:12Your dazzling brilliance and unpretentious decency.
01:17Your ferocious work ethic.
01:21Your ferocious work ethic.
01:21An absolutely unshakable moral fiber.
01:29And to do it all as a first and the higher standard that comes with all that.
01:37The claims that a U.S. senator and constitutional law expert wasn't qualified for the job.
01:45The lies about your birthright, your faith, your patriotism.
01:51The outrage when you stated the biological fact that if you'd had a son, that he too would be black.
01:58Yet, you were unflappable at every turn.
02:05Always focused.
02:07Always calm.
02:10Always looking at the long view.
02:14How absurd it is to even imagine that you might have buckled under the pressure even once.
02:31How absurd it is to imagine that you might have done anything but make our family and this entire country
02:38proud.
02:43To Michelle, she did me wrong.
02:50She wouldn't let me see her speech.
02:53She knew she was going to mess me up and she did it anyway.
03:02But she's always made me better.
03:06And I could not be more grateful.
03:08And to Sasha and Malia, what can I say?
03:13You mean everything to me.
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