 The president told the group, according to the New York Times, that he needs more sleep and fewer hours of work, including curtailing events after 8 p.m. Fox's Jackie Heinrich at the White House. The president marked Independence Day honoring U.S. service members on the South Lawn. You represent only 1 percent, not quite 1 percent of the American population, but you keep 99 percent of the rest of the population safe. It's you. You're all volunteers. You do it.