The Final State of the Union
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Summary:
At the last stop of the President's tour in Asia, Speechwriter Jon Favreau shares a story from the President's rally with the troops at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea.
This is take two for our sign off from Korea video with Speechwriter Jon Favreau. The first attempt was at the final event of the President’s trip across Asia, a rally with our troops at Osan Air Base in the Republic of Korea.
Things start to speed up towards the end of a long journey like this as everyone anticipates going home. We were in the middle of setting up the computer to show you the President shaking hands on the rope line of hanger 635 when the call came to load Air Force One. Being left behind at an event and wandering the streets of Tokyo is one thing, being left behind on a tarmac 6945 miles from home is quite another.
But while booking it back to the plane at top speed, we couldn’t resist giving it another stab before scaling the steps to the safety of the “bubble” once more.
We hope to get in a couple more updates from the air before wheels down at Andrews Air Force Base tomorrow night.
Arun Chaudhary is the official White House videographer
