GK: A new White House dog this week, a Portuguese water spaniel named Bo, and we're proud to present this exclusive report.


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TR: (OBAMA): I know it's been a hard winter for many Americans. But there is hope. We are seeing progress. Our stimulus package is getting out there-- creating new jobs --- our reform of the financial sector (HE FADES) --


FN (DOG): He sure talks a lot. I guess it's his job, but after he gave me a big long speech about how it's a privilege being First Dog and I'm here to serve, I just looked out of that Oval Office window and I saw that big green lawn and I thought, I've gotta go real bad. I mean, really bad. Oh boy. And a hundred cameras are focused on me. Every time I put my head out the door. Telephoto lenses looking at my rear end. I know. I know how it works. One of these days, I'm going to do it on the lawn. Or on the rug. Of course I'm going to. And what then? I can just see the headlines: --Bo Must Go-- -- oh boy.


TR: (OBAMA): Some voices in Washington say, you can't do it all at once. You can't reform health care and education and the auto industry and protect the environment, but we can-- we must-- and we will.


FN (DOG): Got a phone call from Barney. He said --congratulations and good luck.-- He said, --Everytime my guy's approval ratings went down, they hauled me out. Get the dog out there. Call the photographers. Have him walk the dog. Towards the end he was walking me eight times a day.-- I was his closest friend. He said, --Your guy is looking good now but you wait. Just keep your nose clean. You bite somebody or you lay a great big steaming pile out there in the Rose Garden and it gets on YouTube, they can send you to live on a farm. Don't kid yourself.--


TR: (OBAMA): Yes, I know there are voices of defeat among us. And even despair. But you and I do not sell this country short. We believe in America as a land of opportunity for all. A land where (FADES)


FN (DOG): I'll tell you this. The American people expect their president to be a dog person. We do not elect cat people to be president. No sir. At no time did the Obamas consider getting a cat. I know that Republicans suspect Democrats of having cat tendencies, but these are dog people. Friendly, open, trying to be helpful, trying to do the right thing. Me too. But we're going to make our mistakes. I'm going to get excited and suddenly there's a puddle on the floor. But I have a job to do. A whole big house to guard. Lots of people coming and going. I'm keeping an eye on everything. Me and the little one. We're up there at the back window and so far we've got it under control.
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