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Pal, I'd like you to be my vice

president. It should be you. I don't want

this unless you want it to. Just tell me

what to say. Say yes. Letting

you for vice president is going to be an

extremely complicated process. What about

Kate?What's her portfolio?Um...

You don't want to play chicken with me,

Billy. What do you want?Chocolate Kate,

the real one. The President is appointing

me Special Envoy to Europe. I couldn't

ask you to come with me, the Second Lady.

But this... I could be an ambassador.

It's what I've been working towards for

20 years. Yeah.

Me too. I haven't quite figured out how

to say a British citizen killed herself

in a CIA safehouse she wasn't supposed to

be in. Are you?Gonna get fired?

Probably. We had a secret

relationship for 14 months. We could have

a secret divorce. I need it official a

couple of years when I'm a husband. As a

hypothetical, what if she stayed in

London as an ambassador?She can fly to DC

for the big things. Is that what you want?

8,000 walls apart?No.

Welcome. Thank you. How was the

flight?Long. Did he tell you what this

is?We haven't talked much in the last

couple days. Yeah. My calendar says

reception. I assume it's a soft launch of

the dynamic duo for leadership. We're

calling it a gathering. Reception sounded

a little festive for just before funeral,

but this is the pre-gathering. So same,

but sooner. If you want, I can grab for a

quick pull aside before we go in. I'm

good. This can be a lot if you need a

minute to get you to relax. Helen and I

have done this a thousand times a lot of

times. I've got one sheet, I read the

bios, I am okay. Would you like a mint?

No. I need to have a quick meeting

tomorrow morning. We can talk schedule

after the gathering.

And you can take your bath. Oh.

Anything else we want to adjust?

No.

...function of the Congress... ...either

of which has had an easy decade to start

a conversation about membership... Is

that the worst thing in the world?

Something concrete to worry about. I

won't agree to take it off the table the

minute they stop playing bumper cars with

Philippine ships the second time a show.

Exactly.

There he is.

I believe you haven't had to.

Where are you from?

Phoenix.

Look who's here. Welcome. Thank you.

You're welcome. You'll be a great help. I

hope so. And we will sort it all out, the

back and forth. We've done it for years.

Just let me know if there's anything you

need. Nothing. You sure?I want to make

sure this works for the both of you.

There is actually one trade meeting with

Commerce that I was...

Ambassador Lara, have you met Senator

Sikorski?You come with the other one. How?

Yes. It's gonna be crazy. It's back

and she nominates. Who's got my vote?Any

day now. So you were somewhere where?

London. London, England.

They don't air condition over there. Not

as much as we do. ******* barbaric. I

like both places. My card. The office is

going to hook you up with David, my

better half. He knows the school's up,

down, and backwards. And you think you're

going to go public school, but you're

not. And you can't feel bad about it. No

kids.

Good for you. I'm going to be going back

and forth a lot. Back and forth where?

London. Oh, you're keeping the London

game. Yes, I am. Like your

style. Like this place, right?No, no.

It's rough in the match, though. We've

done it before. I mean, separation's not

the worst thing. Oh, you're separated.

No, no, not separated. We are out in two.

I like this one. She's got balls. It's

not like you're going to have to be the

second lady. What?No. Friends.

Please, if I could ask you all to pause

your conversation for just a moment.

Thank you. some of you have

been quietly wondering what my plans are

so let me be clear this is Bill

Rayburn's presidency I am simply here

to fulfill its promise

Ambassador how's the White House hey is

Stuart still in Zang yeah they just got

started but I didn't pull them no no

that's okay I was just uh checking in

seeing how everything was going

back-to-back to back but I canslipping a

message, it's no problem. No, that's

okay. Yes, ma'am.

Hey, Madam President, thanks for hopping

across the pond. Of course, I hope Hal

told you. I will hop on over for all the

big things. I'm sorry. I probably

generated an awkward moment or two in

your household. Not at all. I like my

job. Didn't want to leave it in the first

place. Hal is going to be fantastic. He

was made for this. I sure hope so.

Sometimes he starts talking and he

can't stop himself. He has no idea he's

doing it. But if you pinch him really

hard right above the elbow, he will stop.

okay you can come up with your own sign

but um you have to really spell it out

you don't get to mean when you say when I

tap my nose you've got to zip it but if

you don't it's like right over that

thanks Ambassador

here's the good news please of a

single red flag in the coroner support

that'sVery good news. It says

Roylynn died in her own home

of apparent suicide. Nothing about the

body being moved?You'd have to come under

the category of red flag. Sure.

I'll deceive one of those. Good.

Did you talk to Dowling, sir?I didn't.

Okay. When are you planning to?

I'm not.

I'm planning not to.

I didn't even know you had Royal Inverse.

You never ******* read me. I didn't know

who I could trust. It's hardly a winning

talking point, is it?For my own governor?

If your government doesn't want me here,

I'm done. What case could I make?

Trust my counterpart even though she

doesn't trust me enough to tell me what

in holy hell is going on.

You looking for new blood?

Maybe a counterpart who doesn't know that

yes means maybe and will look into it

means absolutely not.

I'm looking for a way to save you

without sacrificing myself. I've

yet to find him.

What do I do now?Sit

a button right here.

Warehouse is held space of operation till

he's confirmed. For tomorrow, not in the

building. You'll have to hold on to the

thing. And if I wanted to use one of

his... 109 function rooms for a little

sit down?How little?Just chat with the

USTR and Commerce, get the ball rolling

on a deal. So a major trade negotiation?

No, it's talking about thinking about a

roadmap to a process. Historically, our

house has been better suited for

hospitality, not so much... Calling in a

bunch of bureaucrats and implying it's a

five-alarm White House fire. I was going

to say policy, but... So by

running the place, you mean... Maybe you

don't use it. I'll push it to your

next trip. There's a lot I like about

your proposed schedule. It's not a

proposal. I'm canceling Congressman

Siegel and starting in Miranda's first. I

don't meet with you. You don't even meet

with the president. I just texted him.

He's bringing donuts. Because that center

doesn't believe in evolution. Your whip

count is fine. What happened to you

nominated?Yeah, my whip count is

theoretical. They always are. You don't

set a meeting like this and then cancel

it. It's that form. Plus, I'd like to

donate. Call

if you need me. Are you the

welcome wagon?I am. I want to talk about

our messaging. I'm going to take a call

with both of you. I

hear you had a nice chat with Senator

Pokorski. That was nothing.

She's not second lady who is. He's a

nice man. Talks a lot. Doesn't stop to

breathe. What did you say?Just that I

would be doing both jobs.

Exactly like we discussed. If you two

came up with some language that you think

works, I'd love to hear it. Make sure

we're all singing the same song. Um...

Yeah, I mean, go ahead. No, you've

given us a thought. I've had a lot going

on in the last couple days. Um...

Yeah, we have two careers.

Um... I have two jobs

and like many couples. Most

couples?Yeah, we

make it work like people do.

I'd add a little something about love,

how difficult it is because you miss

each other so terribly.

Absolutely. Yeah,

we miss each other and it's very

difficult. We do it for the country.

What's the cadence?For... When you're

here. Whenever you need me to be here.

if you're asking what we need and we will

with respect for the other role that

kid is inhabiting ask her to come for any

high visibility events and she will seeus

yeah couples have rules we don't like

to go a week or a month without seeing

each other a week is a lot of flying we

need you here more than once a month

for what things go on here at

least once a month mhmWe'll

load you up on joint events when you're

here and do what we can to downplay your

absences. What do you mean by downplay?

What it sounds like. I'm not in witness

protection. I'm an ambassador. Isn't that

an asset?We are two people with two

careers. Both matter if we're messaging

something. You're right. And

we should play a little offense. Not a

fresh take on political marriage. You do

important work. Let's shine a light on

it. Plus all theJoin events. I

like the idea of the first truly equal

marriage in the White House. Well, half

in the White House. We'll take you to the

communications shop. Maybe think peace in

the Times or the Post, highlighting your

own initiatives. I don't have

initiatives. I have one of the G7.

Okay. We'll get you a draft

once it's been stacked out. Thank you.

I'm sure it's not easy.

What'd you say to him?The guy?

The guy runs Center Foreign Relations.

He wanted to help me pick private schools

for our children and then had to

backpedal mightily while trying not to

ask me about my fertility.

That's it?Well, I don't have a

transcript, but...

I probably knows more about my marriage

than I do I was 5 minutes off an airplane

I was ****** when Billy first showed up

but then I realized that might be the

only briefing I get on the State of our

Union

sorry there wasn't another bedroom

whatever I mean there is

what would the staff say yeah it matters

I know it matters that's why I flew

across the ocean we thank God for the

staffI had a right to pretend to love me.

Please don't act like it's that simple.

Please do me that one favor.

I'll take the couch.

Well, you can't sleep on that. Now you're

worried about my comfort?No, I'm worried

your back's gonna go out and then I'm

gonna have to scrounge around for meds in

the middle of a funeral. That pressure

point thing makes it stop. I'll take my

shoulder blade.

What?I'm

not massaging your back. I didn't ask

you... It is historically a stepping

stone to sex, and I think that is no

longer part of the plan. Where's my book

and copy of the plan?It's been stabbed

out and waited for sign-off. Public

marriage. Private divorce. We're talking

about a backspasm. So the **** we do in

private should look like the actions of

people who are divorced. Divorced people

**** all the time. Back to the trough a

couple of times a year. I really despise

that phrase. I think I've told you that

more than once. I would love it if you

didn't ever use it around me again. Oh,

you would love it. can we or

can we not sleep in the same bed and just

keep our hands to ourselves why are you

acting like I'm a sex offender I'm

talking about both of us or me or I know

myself touching leads to more touching

and then if this is how it starts to get

out of control are you saying you're

worried you're not gonna be able to

control yourself if you touch my back

yeah then why the **** are we splitting

up because you're more than a pogo stick

how you are a full-time job two full-time

job I'm gonna roll up a towel make a line

you know what you're being a real **** I

am trying to make this workCatherine, I

really am, but I fell asleep with your

left blue in my hand for the better part

of 10 years. Mistakes may happen.

Are you going to **** people?Do divorce

people do that?

Yeah, I guess so.

Have you already?In the last 48

hours?No. I haven't worked that

fast. Well, you're a hot commodity.

It's like when you're back on the market,

you're going to get snapped up.

I am the Second Lady of the United

States. I'm not changing my

relationship status on Facebook. Thanks.

All discretion is probably in

order.

What time is the watch party?Please don't

call it that. What time is the funeral

viewing gathering?9:30.

What else?Nothing.

You want me to leave?No, just... You're

super duper busy?Yeah. I have to set up

the funeral watching thing. And then I

have 23 heads of mission who all want me

to hold their hand and promise them that

the new president won't scrap the very

special agreement that their nation had

with the old president. Dead president.

You're a bucket of sunshine.

Tom Libby won't vouch for me.

At all. Why?

Because I'm a ****** counterpart and he

doesn't trust me.

Kate will take care of it. Do you have a

secret hot face for her?She'll be

back on Thursday. She'll call Diane.

Any unicorn **** cupcakes?Actually,

she's in DC. She doesn't have to call

Diane. She can go over to Langley and see

her in person.

She's going to be second lady.

Diane doesn't want to pick a fight with

the White House on day three of a new

administration.

That girl's going to break your heart.

She can get in line. The funeral

procession starts here at the house and

goes all the way to go up to the

Presbyterian church, just maybe three

quarters of a mile. Procession looks

bigger than the town. It is. Why are we

eight cars back?You're riding ahead of

most of the cabinet and all at the court.

I was looking at the court. They're

looking for a VP. You haven't even been

nominated. It's fine.

Sorry, am I supposed to not

talk?No. Feel free to weigh in?

Yeah, absolutely. Weigh in.

I'm good. She and I are just

establishing a working relationship. It

would help if she didn't get mixed

messages. Pretend I'm not here. Can you

please... You're allowed to talk.

Well, if I'm talking. The procession is

locked. This is a briefing, not a

workshop. Let her move on. I don't want

to move on. The procession is the soft

launch of my nomination. delivers a

message this is the wrong message the

Gathering was a soft launch for your

nomination as was the walk off the plane

and the walk into the White House and the

odd lingering outside the front door of

Blair house whenever there's press around

softwatched

eight cars back is not a launch it's

hiding not at all we want you prominent

not dominant the prominent looks like

four cars back hiHow's it going?How'd

it go with the Croatian guy?His president

doesn't like Grace. He doesn't trust

Grace. He'll feel better about it if she

spends a week on his yacht for

relationship building. We gotta go. She's

a no, but I'll go. I said the same thing,

ma'am. Andrew's getting iced out by MI6.

****. Diane's gonna show some sack here.

I can't invite the director of the CIA to

Warehouse unless it's a Tupperware party.

Can we do it Langley?You want to slip all

the way out there?What if it's important?

It is. I just don't want to take you out

of the mix for that long. You know what?

Take me out of the mix.

Giving chart for the church. You can't

see us here. We can. We did. These are a

start to view. I think you'll see plenty.

Don't introduce a VP nominee to the world

as a guy holding up a lighter in the

nosebleed seats. Who's PA?Governor of

Pennsylvania?

Should I raise my hand before I speak?

Don't make it weird. You're making her

uncomfortable. Come on. I'm fine. PA is

Governor Sinar of Pennsylvania. Why's he

row five?I'll go to state why is it

further back. He's a close friend of both

presidents. So is everyone else on the

chart. Billy's office at this meeting.

It's unspeakably complicated. I think we

should move on. Put me in Sinar's seats.

Hey. Sorry this has to be quick. I've got

a concurrent budget resolution with a

nine-figure typo. Why is Governor Sinar

sitting right in the middle of the

cutaway shot?

Hal was a longtime friend of the

Rayburns. Why is half the Pennsylvania

delegation still wavering on Hal?They're

not. I saw the whip count.

The President's thinking of dumping Hal

and picking Sinar in his place.

The President expects to announce her

nominee next week.

He would be humiliating Hal. Publicly

respected. Nobody wants that. When Grace

passed me over, at least she didn't tell

the Washington Post and the entire

legislative branch first. You want to

talk humiliation?I do. Let's

start with Tyler Moran getting in

one-on-one at Blair House.

Hal makes his own meetings. It's annoying

as **** but that's Moran-- Senator Moran

called the President the kind of choice a

man only makes on the night when it's

raining, and he doesn't want to get wet.

Hal believes in talking to everyone. He's

known for it. Does he believe in

promising ag subsidies?And light rail

projects?And blank ******* checks for

their home states?Which he appears to be

handing out like lollipops. Not that I

know the extent of it, because he makes

his own meetings.

I'm sure everyone knows that Hal cannot

make budget commitments. He can only

quench the court. The president is trying

to pass Rayburn's agenda. Not even

around. If he would like to pledge his

support to that, he is more than welcome.

But he doesn't even know what's on that

agenda because he's so busy courting the

alt-right. You can't

possibly want to do a 180 on this. The

President's keeping her options open. So

how do we get her off the fence?We?

You think I'm pushing for Hal?

There are not enough people in the

federal government to manage him.

I was pushing for you, not him.

Hal is made for this. You know that.

It's just gonna take him a minute to...

find his place. I will

rein him in. You can try. But

we're still vetting Sinar. And you better

believe he's staying in the cutaway shop.

Did you promise someone a light rail

system?Promise?

No. Who?Dan

Richter. Who the **** is that?

He's a senator from the great state of

Iowa, Idaho. Is he now, or has he ever

been a member of the Nazi party?

He makes fun of the pronouns thing at the

top to his face. We were spitballing. It's

No hard commitments remain. Get him on

the bow hole and tell him this

administration will not discuss

infrastructure projects unless they were

blessed by Bill Rayburn. Um...

No.

I... really

endorse you separating from me by

rejecting every single word that comes

out of my mouth, but right now I am yet

again saving you from yourself.

Please call Richter. Public

marriage, private divorce. That is a

closed door, which means you're no longer

obliged to hang over my shoulder and ****

on every idea I have just to prove

you're a superior intellect.

They're vetting signer. That's why it's

better seats. Grace Penn wants to

dump you.

You're right. You have to build

your identity here on your own terms.

But Nora, with everyone. Grace,

certainly. I will be silent

whenever possible. but you have these

instincts you're not even aware of

I am you're not and it's self-sabotaging

these are behavioral habits that served

you once upon a time they made you who

you are but they don't work anymore

and I am the only one who's going to call

you out on it and I'm here to tell you

that Grace noticed and so did Billy

These are not my pet peeves. You are

driving them insane. I'm three votes

away from passing the law of the seatree.

No.

Ow! By promising a light rail project to

a Holocaust denier?Four presidents failed

at this. Five. If Grace passes this week

once, she's gonna look like such a

******* bore. What?

What did you tell her?She'd say no. Where

she went?Brave is a job. Law of

the sea. She does not want to plant her

own flag this early. She's worried it

makes her a little grabby. And what if it

fails?Better if she doesn't know.

Three boots away?Four. Okay.

They're tough ones. Where do I get them?

You can. Who are they?I'm gonna

need a couple days. Show me the list.

if you don't let me

you can't talk about anything about the

weather and how sad you are that Raven's

dead actually just the weather and let

me make all the phone calls we'll talk to

staff about the treaty we have to be

careful and

subtle yes with the subtlety of a kidney

scar up the brightness I

can't see scar over here give me a second

to find it

Did you set up a meeting for the

ambassador at Lane?Really?

What?Can you tell Idra Park to calm the

**** down?I mean, don't say that, but she

really needs to calm the **** down and

entertain the shadow of a possibility

that I'm handling it. The meeting?Yeah.

She didn't ask me about it.

Don't tell her to calm the **** down. My

friend Terry works at the director's

office. He sent the following

text. Diane had a

meeting with your lady Ambo that got

slapped on her calendar at the last sec,

and then Wyler stood her up, which she

thinks is some sort of girl-on-girl

misogyny slash lack of respect thing. And

now I gotta hear about women supporting

women for the rest of my life.

WTF dude, who stands up Diane

Clack?Your gal better wear shades, or

she's going to get a poison dart shot

right in her eyeball.

Classy. Did you?No. Oh.

No, I thought I was with Justin and

Philly. Me too. We're missing a plate.

Hi. Hi. We're going to get another plate.

No, it's just you guys. I wanted to let

you catch up. these strips here in

the same room all the time but you never

really have a chance to talk that's not

necessary but very kind it is

thank you Jordan Denny

I know I don't think you do well can I

just you do not set a meeting that does

not come through Nora Nora can't handle

it I told her I needed 30 minutes at

Congress and 10 minutes at Langley her

head blew off you were not her job

****. What?Langley, I'm

miscommuning at CIA. ****. Kate

needs to have you. No she doesn't. We are

turning ourselves on our heads to make

this cockamamie arrangement work and you

are both making a stirring case for Bob

Sinar.

Have you seen the manifesto the funeral?

Yeah. Every congressional leader will be

there. Every ranking member- I will be

seen and not heard. Both of you.

Isn't that what we talked about?

This is the opposite of what we talked

about.

You have to tell her. About the treaty?

No. She's leaning towards Synar.

Was Deni a yes?

He'll get there. Is he going to be at the

funeral for her?One day of silence.

Hal?What?

This guy's a nice bottle of wine. Yeah?

Very. She probably thinks we'll be

quieter tomorrow for hungover. Well,

she's not wrong.

Madam?

I gotta go make a bunch of calls to deal

with this e-dress thing.

Should I wait?You know, I'm not really

all that hungry. Just jetlag. I'm not

gonna touch you in the night. Two glasses

of wine?I'm gonna start it. Yeah, I'm

gonna eat you. I just... I

think clarity is our frank. Could you

leave, please, before it gets even more

humiliating?

Diane, it's Kate Weiler from Embassy

London. I am so sorry about the

schedule mix-up yesterday that resulted

in me standing you up. It is

really the opposite of the message I was

hoping to send. Idra Park is

tremendously valuable to the mission in

the UK, and I really believe to the

agency in general. If not that we record

your message, please press 1. If you're

satisfied with your message, please hang

up or press too.

Goodbye.

Are you hungover?

No.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Seena not heard. You better stop.

Good afternoon there. Where's Todd?

Upstairs. Talking to Carolyn.

Grace. Bob. What a

loss. He was a Titan.

But thanks to you, his work is going to

live on. That'll take all of us, and

we'll make it happen. I'm a home call

away. Day or night. It's good to hear

your eyes and ears in the Rust Belt.

President Rayburn was grateful. I think I

can help you even more, but if you're

open to it.

What?Do you remember who that is?

No.

Go, put yourself in there. What happened

to scene and not heard?Just hello and

sadly sliding.

Excuse me, Governor, do you know how

Wyler?Of course. Good to see you, Bob.

I'm Kate Wyler, ambassador. He's way.

Nice to meet you. Bob is the only

governor in America who isn't coming to

me for a handout. He's the opposite.

The Air Force aeronautics plant outside

of Pittsburgh, I'd like to call for its

closure. Really?It's an obscene waste of

tax dollars, and I'm not grateful so. Two

of your predecessors lobbied so hard for

that plan, I think they broke the wage

and hour laws. And we built one thing,

F-35, which is a gilded piece

of junk. That's a few problems,

certainly. Software problems, hardware

problems, to save them working the damn

rain. Let it go. DOD is looking for

efficiency. When you'd be giving up,

what, 75,000 jobs in your state?We can't

ask you to do that. No, we can't have

jobs at any cost. It's time

to look me out in Pennsylvania. I'm glad

to hear you say that, Governor. Climb to

the look. beyond Pennsylvania?I think

they might be starting to process.

Because letting Turkey buy the F-35 is

how we got to use their airspace to fight

ISIS in northern Syria. Letting the

UAE buy it is how we got them into the

Abraham Accords. Yes. I guess it never

reigns in China since they mounted a

decade-long campaign of bribes and

espionage to steal the technology and

stick it in copycat fighters. Clawed does

not mean worthless. And it'll

work. once we get the bugs out. But we

don't need it to work. We just need our

enemies to think it works, so they're

afraid to come at us in a modern-day

air-to-air environment. If you don't get

why your own state is building it, why

the security of everyone in the Rust Belt

and every other belt depends on it,

they're not agreed, sir. It's time to

move beyond Pennsylvania.

Catherine, stupidity, that profound.

I gotta say anything. She's a brand new

president. She needs protecting. A lot of

that ******* **** with anywhere near her

office is a dereliction of duty. Stabbing

yourself in the face. Okay, fine. So I'm

not VP. At least she knows who the guy

is. She can dump to both of us. Staffy?

Static saved me a whole lot of trouble.

She's going to reschedule the meeting

with Diane. It'll happen.

Hey, I've got a great idea.

You know, cheer you up. Want to join me

for a funeral watch party?I

would love that.

If I get fired, you should take my

shredder. It's fast and it's quiet.

If you get fired, I'm on your couch. You

have a couch. It has a smell.

It does. You can have mine.

But if you put your feet on it, it will

develop a smell. Fair. That's fair. You

want to put your feet on there, you put

it on the newspaper first.

Yeah.

Gannon made some notes. He's still

around. He'd love to go through them.

Tell the Secretary of State that his

written feedback is even more valuable

than his physical presence. You

want to talk about Hal?

He's an acquired taste. But you give it

time, you might find you're a real fan.

Some people like cilantro.

I find it tastes like ivory soap.

The President would like a word. And then?

Just the Ambassador.

That was some performance with Sinar.

He's not wrong. Of course he's not wrong.

That's not the point. Now I don't have a

******* vice presidential nominee because

he made it quite clear that he can't

control himself and equally clear that

Bob Sinar can't use his own *** without

an instruction manual.

Now, don't invite me to sit down?

Nope.

She's giving me the Buddha, isn't she?

There's a merciful God, yes.

He used to be nicer.

That is the truth.

Is she asking Kate?I don't know what

she's doing. She doesn't tell

me, she tells Nora. Because she

trusts Nora, but Nora's supposed to be

running you. So, Nora's all over the

place, and the president's all over the

place, and I am running an extremely

inefficient henhouse. *******

women everywhere. Nah, just

do it a couple of days. Nora will find

your feet.

Friend's a friend, but Rayburn

agenda's not gonna cut it.

Everyone's sad that he's gone, but they

want a president, not a tribute act.

Yeah. Yeah,

she's more time.

You must have put in a lot of hours here.

Almost never. I thought you came here all

the time to do big thing. Wasn't that

your area?It was, but

he didn't want me here. Wouldn't allow

it. Do I know

why?

The President of the United States had a

cheathouse. He wouldn't let Super Service

near the kitchen. He knew I was onto him.

One of the wildest *** ** * ***** killed

over. A lifetime of using his body as a

trash can. Two minutes

with you didn't help. They're all fixed

in. Yes. Team effort. To build Raymond.

Born in a split-level suburban, he built

himself. Clung fiercely to his ****

carpet and vending machine diet. That's

why I brought the whole thing crashing

down. Amen.

Amen.

You knew Hal's reputation. Yeah.

So what did you think was going to happen?

I don't know. I thought maybe it was an

act or that it was under his control.

Isn't it?Sometimes.

Because if he's choosing to do it, if

he's choosingto mow down a political

rival ruthlessly in public.

I'm not sure if that's better or worse.

Yeah, I know how you feel. I

guess I just need to know that he can be

trained because that and

the one man appropriations committee, it

can't happen again. It's

definitely gonna happen again. And he's

not my guy. I

appreciate your honesty.

Ma'am, Hal is 3 votes

away. from Senate ratification of the Law

of the Sea Treaty.

What?

Three votes. Haspel, Young, and Dinny.

I spoke to Dinny myself. He's gettable.

Hal stopped lobbying because I made him

promise he wouldn't so you wouldn't dump

him. I guess

he is trainable. Why the **** didn't he

tell me?You ought to shut him down. Four

presidents have tried and failed. ****me.

So you think that outweighs the rest of

it?No, I don't.

I'm just trying to lay out the facts.

He is infuriating. But just

when you think you can't take a second

more, he makes history.

It's a personal choice.

Many, many

have chosen less history and less

headache. But you choose more.

I do.

How we doing?

No. Is this going to

be a mistake?No.

Right back with me tonight. We'll talk

strategy.

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