Transcript - Remarks: Joe Biden and Jill Biden Greet Callers on the NORAD Santa Tracker - December 24, 2021 | Factba.se

Jill Biden

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Well, hello to everybody at NORAD, and thanks for doing this. Merry Christmas to everyone.

Joe Biden

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I tell you what, you've done a lot, done so far. Santa's really moving, man. As his sleigh taken over --

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Seventy-five thousand gumdrops, that's how heavy it is. That's a heavy sleigh, man.

Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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That's a heavy sleigh.

Unidentified

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Mr. President, they'll ask you, how fast he is. He's faster than star.

Joe Biden

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He's faster than the star?

Unidentified

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Faster than starlight.

Joe Biden

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Starlight, all right.

Jill Biden

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Starlight, wow.

Unidentified

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Why don't we get more of his time?

Joe Biden

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OK. we're ready.

Unidentified

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Yeah, I'll pass this up to [Inaudible] refresh them here who's going to tell you how this works? We've got some ready for you to go.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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You're welcome. Thank you.

Unidentified

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Hi, good afternoon, Mr. President and Dr. Biden, this is [Inaudible], with the NORAD Santa Tracker program and all we have to do now, we have some kids in the queue are ready to go. So, when you give us the green light, we'll patch you through to our first trio of kids that are talking as a family.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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Unidentified

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We will be now connecting to Caleb, whose nine, Coraline, whose three, Caitlin, 12 and they're from Washington.

Joe Biden

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Unidentified

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You're now connected.

Jill Biden

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What was the third child's name?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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And he's on the line, ma'am.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Hey, how are you?

Joe Biden

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Are you in Washington, honey?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Merry Christmas.

Joe Biden

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How old are you?

Unidentified

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[Inaudible] I'm nine.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Nine, you're getting old.

Jill Biden

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What did you ask for, for Christmas?

Unidentified

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Um [Inaudible].

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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I didn't hear it either. I hope that they did

Joe Biden

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Caleb, can you say?

Jill Biden

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Can you tell us again?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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What, what, what's you're -- what you asked for Christmas, honey?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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You already have a lot of Legos already?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Yeah. All right.

Jill Biden

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What are you hoping to build?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Lego city, whoa. Santa would be interested to come back and see that.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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I think Santa might be bringing Legos to our house too for one of our grandchildren.

Joe Biden

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One of our kids asked for Legos.

Jill Biden

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We're hoping, we're hoping that's what Santa is going to bring.

Joe Biden

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You got to be in bed by nine o'clock, and be asleep --

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Between nine and 12 because that's when Santa comes. If you're not asleep, he won't come.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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So you ready to do that?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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How about your sister, what does she want for Christmas?

Joe Biden

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You know what your sister --

Unidentified

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She wants a [Inaudible] boys.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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It's so hard to hear.

Joe Biden

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We have a difficulty hearing. Something boys.

Unidentified

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She wants a horse.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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How Santa going to get a horse in his sleigh?

Joe Biden

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Well, he'd done that before, but I don't know.

Jill Biden

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That's pretty tough.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Well, good luck. We hope you get your horse for Christmas.

Joe Biden

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Well, I'll tell you what, but just make sure you're in bed by nine o'clock.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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And then sleep. You can't be up late. You have no shot.

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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OK. Sorry, we had a bad connection, honey.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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I hope you could hear us. Merry Christmas.

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Yep. Merry Christmas.

Unidentified

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Hello, we are connecting you with Griffin, he's 11; Hunter, age six; Piper, age four; Penelope, age two from Portland.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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OK. Penelope. So Griffin, Hunter, Piper, and Penelope, is that correct?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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That is correct. Hello.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Unidentified

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Merry Christmas.

Joe Biden

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Merry Christmas. Who's this?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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I assume you're dad.

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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All right. I just --

Jill Biden

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OK, OK, dad, what do you --

Joe Biden

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Dad, what do you want for Christmas?

Unidentified

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Maybe, maybe a quiet time.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Well, lots and lots, dad. Well, you know, dad, we have a Hunter, too. We have a son named Hunter and a grandson named Hunter.

Unidentified

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I didn't know you had a grandson named Hunter, that's cool.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Nope. Oh, yes, we do.

Joe Biden

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We do. She's telling him we don't.

Jill Biden

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I'm forgetting, no.

Joe Biden

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We have a grandson, I promise you. We have a grandson named Hunter. He's 16 years old.

Jill Biden

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I know, I just -- I was thinking of the baby.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Anyway -- well, how old Griffin?

Unidentified

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Griffin, you want to say it?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Eleven. What do you ask for Christmas? What do you want Santa to bring you?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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A piano? Holy macro.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Well, I'll you what --

Unidentified

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Uh, is that -- [Inaudible]

Joe Biden

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We had trouble hearing you, Dad.

Unidentified

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I was going to say he'd have to cut some trees down to get a piano.

Joe Biden

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Well, I think so.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Well, and what's Hunter want as his big gift?

Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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Unidentified

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A Nintendo Switch.

Joe Biden

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Oh, that's pretty cool.

Jill Biden

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Oh, Nintendo. Great.

Joe Biden

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That's pretty cool.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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How about Piper?

Unidentified

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Well, Piper actually left the room before -- before you guys picked up, but wants a Barbie [Inaudible]

Jill Biden

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Oh, a Barbie. I still have my Barbie. And I think -- and Santa -- I'm trying to think, I think Santa brought my Barbie.

Joe Biden

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A long time ago.

Jill Biden

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My Barbie was the first Barbie. My Barbie is ancient Barbie. She's now a grandmother.

Joe Biden

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Well, maybe she'll bring her granddaughter. She'll bring her granddaughter. Well, where --

Jill Biden

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And how about Penelope?

Unidentified

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Well, Penelope, she -- she's only two, so I think she'd be happy with just about anything.

Jill Biden

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Oh, that's great.

Joe Biden

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Well, that's great.

Jill Biden

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Yeah. Oh, that's wonderful that you have a two-year-old.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Have a merry Christmas. Have a wonderful Christmas.

Joe Biden

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And by the way, you guys have to be in bed by 9:00, you know, and asleep between nine and 12 or he doesn't show up.

Jill Biden

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This isn't to you, Jared. This is to the kids.

Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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I hope you have a wonderful Christmas.

Unidentified

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Hey, well -- yeah, I hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas as well.

Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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Merry Christmas, and let's go, Brandon.

Joe Biden

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Let's go, Brandon, I agree. Hey, by the way, where -- are you in Oregon? Where's your home? I think we lost him.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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OK. General, do you have another family?

Unidentified

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Happy holidays. We'll now be connecting you to nine-year-old Evan, six-year-old Justin, and two-year-old Nora?

Joe Biden

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And where are they?

Jill Biden

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Unidentified

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They're located in North Carolina. You are now connected.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Hi, merry Christmas.

Unidentified

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Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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We're keeping an eye on Santa here. He's just going by Iran, the country of Iran. Tehran, Iran.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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And he's heading our way.

Jill Biden

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Although, he'll be in Azerbaijan in 51 seconds.

Joe Biden

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So, anyway, we're keeping an eye on him.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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No -- NORAD is.

Jill Biden

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We're tracking.

Joe Biden

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So, what do you guys want for Christmas?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Legos. All right.

Jill Biden

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Very popular gift this Christmas.

Joe Biden

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That's one -- that's what our grandkids -- one of our grandkids wants Legos. What else?

Jill Biden

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How about you, Nora? What do you want?

Unidentified

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[Inaudible] what do you want, baby? She wants a baby doll.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Oh, that's cool.

Jill Biden

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Yeah, that's great.

Joe Biden

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I hope -- I hope Santa has that in his sleigh because Santa has already delivered a whole lot of presents. He's delivered over 2,000,285,000 presents since he left the North Pole. I don't know how he does it all, man. He is working hard.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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But we're watching him on -- not watching him personally, but we're watching where the sleigh is.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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We can see it. And he is moving quickly.

Jill Biden

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And so -- and your third child, is it Justin?

Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Oh, OK. And he --

Joe Biden

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How old -- how old's Dawson?

Unidentified

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Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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Six. That's cool. Six, I'll tell you what. And what do you want, Dawson? What did you ask for -- from Santa?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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We had drum sets in our house.

Joe Biden

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I remember our -- well, one of our little boys asked for drums.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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One -- one Christmas.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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And Santa brought the drums, and we didn't sleep.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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No, that's great. I hope you're --

Jill Biden

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We're [Inaudible]

Unidentified

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We're getting prepared for that.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Unidentified

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[Inaudible] I've asked for earplugs.

Jill Biden

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Earplugs, that's a good idea. That is a great --

Joe Biden

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Well, you may have a real musician in your hand -- on your hands.

Jill Biden

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Yeah. You never know.

Joe Biden

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You may -- may have the start of a great drummer.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Well, that's great. Well, I hope Santa is good to you all. Remember now, you have to be in bed between 9 o'clock at night, your time, and at 12, and you have to be asleep. That's when is going to be heading to your house. So, be careful. Don't -- if he sees you, you've got a problem.

Unidentified

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Joe Biden

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He -- he'll take off. OK?

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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Merry Christmas.

Joe Biden

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All right. Merry Christmas.

Unidentified

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Jill Biden

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OK. Merry Christmas.

Unidentified

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Merry Christmas.

Joe Biden

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Take care of mom and dad, kids.

Glen VanHerck

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And, Mr. President and Dr. Biden, this is General VanHerck again. Thank you so much for your time and support [Inaudible]

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Glen VanHerck

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And especially our military men.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Well, I'll tell you what. What we're -- what we're thinking most about is those military families --

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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That have a empty chair to mark the table --

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Where they have somebody deployed. I know you think about it all the time, General. And we want to thank the military families. I really mean it from the bottom of our heart.

Jill Biden

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Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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We're praying for you all during the holiday season and always.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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Glen VanHerck

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Well, thank you so much. And we wish you a Merry Merry Christmas.

Joe Biden

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Jill Biden

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You, too, General.

Joe Biden

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God bless our troops.

Jill Biden

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Thanks, Marilyn.

Joe Biden

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Glen VanHerck

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