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There is nothing higher or greater for me than this

To try to be with the er than life Try to make a difference, not a small one, but one that reaches across cities, states, continents

Oh god

I’ first lady

I’m afraid of it, and at the same time, I’m scared of how much I want it To be his true first lady His only love His girl, his wife, justhis His in public, his at night, his everylike that in the future? Everything … he said

But I don’t want to ask what he ht now

I don’t sleep that night I lie awake in bed indown onme of the woman he’ll settle doith sos I need to And she’ll be mine Mark my words"

"Does she know this yet?" I ask, quietly

"I just told her," he says

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THE OVAL

Matt

If you want to make a difference, you need to start today

Four years sounds like a lot, eight an eternity, but it’s really not I learned that froes never set in nant, dead dreaeenda

I tackle confidential infor--sometimes filled with respect for ust A lot of times, all I can really say is fuck

I meet with my chief of staff, several issues on the board

I ize for a press conference tomorrohen I will introduce Charlotte to the world

"I want the drafts for the Clean Energy bill The Healthcare bill to fix what’s broken in our healthcare system I want to look into a bill for equal pay and opportunity for working mothers," I tell Dale as we head down the halls of the West Wing to the Cabinet Roo," I tell , Mr President," Vice President Louis Frederickson greetsmate because he’s honest, humble, no-nonsense, and a no-kiss-ass kind of es in our country

I takebehind thewill be closed to all members of the press," I say