1 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:04,000 Previously on The West Wing: 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Your father used to hit you, didn't he, Mr. President? 3 00:00:07,100 --> 00:00:10,300 - Your father used to hit you, sir? - Yeah. 4 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:12,700 - Not like a spanking? - He hit me. Why? 5 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:15,400 - He punched you. - It was a complicated relationship. 6 00:00:15,500 --> 00:00:19,200 - Because you were smarter than he was. - You have stepped way over the line. 7 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:39,900 - Stanley. - Josh. 8 00:00:40,100 --> 00:00:42,000 - Your flight was all right? - It was fine. 9 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,100 - How are you? - Me? I'm fine. 10 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:46,800 - These are your things? - Yeah. 11 00:00:46,900 --> 00:00:48,400 I'll put them in my office. 12 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:50,700 - Should I go with you? - I'll be right back. 13 00:00:57,200 --> 00:00:59,100 They'll be all right back there. 14 00:00:59,300 --> 00:01:01,100 - Where to? - Ever seen the White House? 15 00:01:01,500 --> 00:01:04,300 Just the little I saw when we talked last year. 16 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:05,800 Follow me. 17 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:09,200 This is the communications bullpen... 18 00:01:09,300 --> 00:01:11,200 ...where Toby Ziegler and Sam Seaborn work. 19 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,200 The rest of the speechwriting staff... 20 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:17,600 ...works across the alley in the Old Executive Office Building. 21 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,900 And here comes the actual Sam Seaborn. 22 00:01:20,100 --> 00:01:21,400 What's going on? 23 00:01:21,500 --> 00:01:24,100 Leo's reading it. We'll send it out in 10, 15 minutes. 24 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:25,800 So Toby's been banging around. 25 00:01:25,900 --> 00:01:28,100 - What are you doing? - Banging around. 26 00:01:28,300 --> 00:01:29,800 This is Dr. Keyworth. 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:31,700 - Sam Seaborn. - Nice to meet you. 28 00:01:31,900 --> 00:01:33,600 - Did you have a good flight? - Yes. 29 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:35,900 - Anybody you know on the plane? - No. 30 00:01:36,100 --> 00:01:39,600 - Okay. I'll see you. - Yeah. 31 00:01:40,300 --> 00:01:42,100 That's Leo's office. 32 00:01:42,300 --> 00:01:46,300 It has a private entrance to the Oval Office, but we'll go in here. 33 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:48,300 Driver asked me the same question. 34 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:50,100 - What? - Did I know anybody on the plane. 35 00:01:50,300 --> 00:01:52,300 He wanted to know if you talked to anybody. 36 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,500 - I didn't. - I know. 37 00:01:55,700 --> 00:01:57,900 This is the Oval Office. 38 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:03,100 That's the Resolute Desk. 39 00:02:03,300 --> 00:02:06,500 It was built from timbers of the HMS Resolute and given to Hayes... 40 00:02:06,700 --> 00:02:11,100 ...by Queen Victoria to thank the U.S. for finding the abandoned ship. 41 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:14,700 We're gonna go to the residence, but I'll take you through the Portico. 42 00:02:14,900 --> 00:02:18,300 Josh? Wouldn't you like to sit someplace and talk? 43 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:21,100 - Yeah. - Why the tour? 44 00:02:21,300 --> 00:02:23,900 - You don't think this is interesting? - It's fascinating... 45 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:27,400 If somebody sees us, I'd like them to see me giving you a tour. 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:38,300 Who built the White House? 47 00:02:38,500 --> 00:02:41,600 It was designed by an Irish architect named James Hoban... 48 00:02:41,800 --> 00:02:45,200 ...who won the job in an open competition. 49 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,000 And it was built largely by slaves. 50 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,200 They found the pay receipts a few years ago. 51 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:51,300 The slaves were paid? 52 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,100 Their owners. 53 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,900 Right through here. 54 00:02:55,100 --> 00:02:57,300 Buchanan was visited by Edward, Prince of Wales. 55 00:02:57,400 --> 00:02:59,600 And he decided there wasn't room for guests. 56 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:04,000 But it took another 40 years to move all the office space out of the residence. 57 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:06,100 You're really seeing something, Stanley. 58 00:03:06,300 --> 00:03:08,600 Tours don't go to the second floor of the mansion. 59 00:03:08,700 --> 00:03:10,100 - You're sure it's okay? - Yeah. 60 00:03:10,300 --> 00:03:14,300 We're gonna go in here now. This is the president's private study. 61 00:03:14,500 --> 00:03:16,700 - His private study? - Yeah. 62 00:03:18,700 --> 00:03:21,500 Okay. Should we close the door? 63 00:03:21,900 --> 00:03:23,400 No, that's all right. 64 00:03:23,900 --> 00:03:26,000 So tell me how you've been feeling. 65 00:03:26,700 --> 00:03:28,400 Good. 66 00:03:29,500 --> 00:03:32,100 - Stanley. - Hey, Leo. 67 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:35,400 - You getting a tour of the place? - Yeah. 68 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,000 You show him the North Portico? 69 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:39,200 Leo likes to show people the soot stains. 70 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,200 From when the British torched the place. 71 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:43,500 - They haven't repainted? - Not that. 72 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:46,900 When Dolley Madison heard the cannon fire, she evacuated the building... 73 00:03:47,100 --> 00:03:50,000 ...but she already had the table set for a 40-person dinner. 74 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,300 So the British soldiers ate and then set the building on fire. 75 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:57,100 - So the food didn't go to waste. - That's right. 76 00:04:00,100 --> 00:04:03,200 - How was your flight? - It was fine. 77 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,900 Did you know anyone on the plane? 78 00:04:07,700 --> 00:04:10,800 You didn't bring me here to talk to Josh, did you? 79 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,400 - No. - Who did you bring me here to talk to? 80 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:16,700 Dr. Keyworth... 81 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:19,900 ...did you know anyone on the plane? 82 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,500 No. No, sir, I didn't know anyone on the plane. 83 00:05:12,100 --> 00:05:14,300 We'll leave you alone. 84 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,000 - The speech is going out? - In a few minutes. 85 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,700 - I'm Jed Bartlet. - Stanley Keyworth. 86 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:32,300 - I guess we knew that. - Yes, sir. 87 00:05:32,500 --> 00:05:34,800 - I've been having trouble sleeping. - I'm sorry? 88 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,600 You understand that this is an election year, right? 89 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:39,600 I mean, by itself, who cares? 90 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,100 President has trouble sleeping, talks to a doctor. 91 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:45,100 But with the MS and the hearings, and you're a psychiatrist... . 92 00:05:45,300 --> 00:05:48,800 - Yeah. - Okay. 93 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:53,100 - I'm not an expert in sleep disorders. - Yeah. 94 00:05:53,200 --> 00:05:55,400 - I'm a trauma specialist. - Yeah, we know you. 95 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,200 You helped Josh out last year. 96 00:05:58,500 --> 00:05:59,800 Josh was shot. 97 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:01,500 Me too. 98 00:06:01,700 --> 00:06:04,300 - Is that why you can't sleep? - How would I know? 99 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:07,500 - That's a fair point. - Thank you. 100 00:06:09,700 --> 00:06:11,700 Well, Mr. President... 101 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:17,000 ...tell me the nature of your sleeping problem. 102 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,800 - I can't sleep. - What happens when you try to sleep? 103 00:06:20,100 --> 00:06:22,600 - I stay awake. - How long has it been? 104 00:06:22,700 --> 00:06:24,200 Four nights. 105 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:26,600 - You haven't slept in four nights? - Right. 106 00:06:26,700 --> 00:06:28,400 - It must be hard. - Yeah. 107 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:31,500 - Have you tried taking a sleeping pill? - The third night. 108 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,700 - It didn't work? - Not till the next morning... 109 00:06:33,900 --> 00:06:36,500 ...in the middle of a national security briefing. 110 00:06:36,700 --> 00:06:38,600 Well, that's no good. 111 00:06:38,900 --> 00:06:41,100 Stanley, I think you're underselling yourself... 112 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,900 ...when you say you're not an expert in sleep disorders... 113 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:47,600 ...because you've been right straight on the money so far. 114 00:06:48,100 --> 00:06:51,000 - How many of those you smoke a day? - Not many. 115 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,100 Nicotine will keep you up at night. 116 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:55,600 - Never has before. - It could be now. 117 00:06:55,900 --> 00:06:58,900 You think if I put this out I'm gonna fall asleep? 118 00:06:59,100 --> 00:07:01,200 - No. - Then let's move on. 119 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:03,100 All right. 120 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:06,400 Let's rule out some things. Physical factors. 121 00:07:06,600 --> 00:07:09,300 - Do you have arthritis? - No. 122 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:10,800 - Heartburn? - No. 123 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:15,000 Irregular breathing or periodic muscle contractions? 124 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:17,000 - No. - All right. 125 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,600 Lifestyle factors. 126 00:07:18,800 --> 00:07:22,700 I'm sorry. Before we get to lifestyle factors, I'm just gonna turn this on. 127 00:07:22,900 --> 00:07:27,000 It's a closed-circuit thing. I'm at the U.N. on Monday. 128 00:07:27,700 --> 00:07:30,800 Leaving Andrews at 8 for the 9:30 address to the General Assembly. 129 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:33,400 - When do we see copies? - When we're done writing it. 130 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:35,900 - When do we see copies? - Sunday night. 131 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,200 - Has the State Department reviewed it? - We'll be getting the reviews. 132 00:07:39,300 --> 00:07:41,100 Also House and Senate Foreign Relations. 133 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,400 - And we see it Sunday night? - Sunday night. 134 00:07:43,600 --> 00:07:45,600 That's it, everybody. That's a full lid. 135 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:47,600 Thank you, C.J. 136 00:07:49,300 --> 00:07:50,500 C.J. 137 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:53,200 - What are you doing here? - I'm missing a reporter. 138 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:55,200 - Who? - Bill Price. 139 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:57,500 - Isn't Billy in the Congo? - Yeah. 140 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:01,200 Come back here. 141 00:08:03,700 --> 00:08:06,500 He files stories to New York at a predetermined time. 142 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,000 Missed two deadlines in a row. 143 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:09,700 - Does he miss deadlines? - No. 144 00:08:09,700 --> 00:08:12,300 - What does State say? - I'm having trouble finding people. 145 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,500 - The other end? - I've talked to the embassy. 146 00:08:14,700 --> 00:08:16,000 But this is the Congo. 147 00:08:16,200 --> 00:08:18,400 - What do you think? - I think he left the capital. 148 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,800 - Without written permission? - How would he know? 149 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:24,700 - By reading State background notes. - Does that sound like Billy? 150 00:08:24,900 --> 00:08:26,700 - No. - C.J., the first 15 minutes... 151 00:08:26,900 --> 00:08:28,900 ...are critical in a war zone abduction. 152 00:08:29,300 --> 00:08:31,900 - If he can be delivered to a higher-up... - I'll talk to Leo. 153 00:08:32,100 --> 00:08:35,600 I know Billy's been a pain in the ass, but he's got a wife and two kids. 154 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:37,400 So if you could forget about... 155 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:39,300 I don't care that he's been... . 156 00:08:39,500 --> 00:08:43,400 Look, if he's missed two deadlines, then his 15 minutes was yesterday. 157 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,400 - I know. - I'd call his wife. 158 00:08:46,400 --> 00:08:48,100 Yeah. 159 00:08:59,700 --> 00:09:03,300 - Toby. The pacing. - Yeah. 160 00:09:12,100 --> 00:09:15,500 Okay, now the standing-still is bothering me a little bit. 161 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:26,800 This is the fifth time you're reading it. Are there words you don't understand? 162 00:09:28,800 --> 00:09:33,200 There wouldn't be, because you can't rise to a position like yours without... . 163 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,800 Look, this is exactly what we said we wanted it to be. 164 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,800 We said we were tired of reading about his scattershot foreign policy. 165 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,000 We said,"You wanna fillet me for this, fine." 166 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:46,100 - We said,"When we go to the U. N... ." - I think it's great. 167 00:09:47,300 --> 00:09:49,700 - Yeah? - I do. 168 00:09:49,900 --> 00:09:52,100 Your wife's gonna have something to say about it. 169 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:54,400 My ex-wife. Why do you call her my wife? 170 00:09:54,500 --> 00:09:56,000 - It bothers you. - Everything does. 171 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,400 - But you pick that? - Yeah. 172 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:05,700 Toby, the night of the lowa caucus, when you got back... 173 00:10:05,900 --> 00:10:09,200 ...did you and the president have a conversation that night? 174 00:10:09,800 --> 00:10:11,400 Yeah. 175 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:13,300 l... 176 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,500 When he got back, for a minute. 177 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:18,800 - What did you talk about? - Nothing. 178 00:10:19,500 --> 00:10:21,900 - He seemed kind of upset about it. - It didn't go well. 179 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:23,900 - What was it? - It was personal. 180 00:10:24,300 --> 00:10:26,400 - It was personal? - Yeah. 181 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,700 Well, that always works well with him. 182 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,600 What has he said about the speech? 183 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:36,400 He thinks it's great. He hasn't said anything to you? 184 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:38,800 We haven't talked in a little while. 185 00:10:39,000 --> 00:10:42,000 - Toby, what the hell went on in there? - Don't worry about it. 186 00:10:42,900 --> 00:10:45,800 Okay. I'm gonna read this again. 187 00:10:45,900 --> 00:10:49,500 - Sure. Because it's that sixth time. - Yeah. 188 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:53,500 - Did you read it? - It's great. 189 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,600 Someone's gonna get an ass-kicking from the missus. 190 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:00,800 It's what we asked for, you know. 191 00:11:00,900 --> 00:11:03,000 - We're gonna have to get ready for it. - Yeah. 192 00:11:03,100 --> 00:11:06,200 - Something else has come up, though. - What? 193 00:11:06,300 --> 00:11:07,900 Leonard Wallace just came to me. 194 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,800 Billy Price is in the Congo, and he's missed two deadlines. 195 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:12,600 He hasn't gotten anywhere. 196 00:11:12,800 --> 00:11:16,400 Kinshasa confirmed that a Belgian TV crew shooting outside Goma... 197 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,100 ...saw an American captured by Mai Mai rebels. 198 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:22,100 Hasn't State had a travel advisory out for, like, 10 years? 199 00:11:22,300 --> 00:11:23,600 Twenty-four. 200 00:11:23,900 --> 00:11:25,100 What is he doing there? 201 00:11:25,300 --> 00:11:27,900 Reporting a story no one is paying attention to. 202 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:33,300 - Let's talk to the Congolese attach�. - He's on his way. 203 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Okay. 204 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:41,300 - He liked it. - Yeah? 205 00:11:41,500 --> 00:11:43,900 Mostly what I wrote. Not so much what you wrote. 206 00:11:44,100 --> 00:11:48,400 So how long you think before the old lady comes by to give you a whupping? 207 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:51,300 - Her office called already, didn't they? - You bet, baby. 208 00:11:53,300 --> 00:11:55,500 You probably wanna rethink calling me"baby." 209 00:11:55,700 --> 00:11:58,900 Yeah. Whoa, Nelly. 210 00:11:59,100 --> 00:12:00,400 Hello. 211 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,700 You could make a good dog break his leash. 212 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,200 I was at a social function. 213 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:07,200 Americans for the Preservation of Family Values and White People? 214 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:09,300 - The Federalist Society. - A hootenanny. 215 00:12:09,500 --> 00:12:11,900 - I was paged. I was told to come in. - Yes. 216 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,200 Thirty-two fifty is a consolidated appropriations act... 217 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,700 ...that we wanna drop in the U.N. speech for Monday. 218 00:12:17,900 --> 00:12:20,100 I need you to review the legislative language... 219 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,400 ...so we can shop it around the Hill. 220 00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:24,300 - What does it call for? - I don't know. 221 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,300 - Sam. - It authorizes payment of 926 million... 222 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:30,600 ...in U.N. dues in exchange for a reduction in U.N. bureaucracy... 223 00:12:30,800 --> 00:12:32,700 ...as well as peacekeeping assessments. 224 00:12:32,900 --> 00:12:36,100 - What are we concerned about? - The language is drafted by Republicans. 225 00:12:36,300 --> 00:12:38,500 - We're inscrutable. - Look for legal land mines. 226 00:12:38,700 --> 00:12:40,300 - Like what? - A ban on German food... 227 00:12:40,500 --> 00:12:42,600 ...or amendment saying the French are annoying. 228 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:44,800 How about we drop out of the U.N. entirely... 229 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,500 ...and use the 926 million to take everybody in the country out to brunch? 230 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:51,800 - Write that suggestion in the margin. - I'll be in my office. 231 00:12:52,700 --> 00:12:55,400 I didn't even see that thing from the back. 232 00:12:56,800 --> 00:13:00,400 Well, that takes care of lifestyle factors. 233 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:03,700 What about environmental factors? 234 00:13:03,900 --> 00:13:06,200 - Like what? - Too much light in the room. 235 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:07,600 No. 236 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:09,800 - Extremes in room temperature. - No. 237 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:11,900 - Noise. - Noise? 238 00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:14,200 Planes flying overhead, that kind of thing. 239 00:13:14,300 --> 00:13:17,300 Planes aren't allowed to fly over the White House. 240 00:13:18,300 --> 00:13:20,700 - You haven't slept in four nights. - Right. 241 00:13:20,900 --> 00:13:24,800 - How much sleep do you usually get? - Four or five hours. 242 00:13:25,500 --> 00:13:28,900 Well, we've been through physical factors... 243 00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:32,900 ...lifestyle factors and environmental factors. 244 00:13:33,300 --> 00:13:37,300 - That leaves us with... - Psychological factors. 245 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:40,500 Yes, sir. 246 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:42,800 What were the odds? 247 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:44,700 Right. 248 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:49,800 - So you got a few minutes? - Just a few minutes. 249 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:51,300 What's going on? 250 00:13:51,500 --> 00:13:54,400 We're at the U.N. on Monday giving a new foreign-policy speech... 251 00:13:54,600 --> 00:13:56,200 ...that's gonna stir some things up. 252 00:13:56,400 --> 00:13:59,300 But the thing is, it was a relatively small circle of people... 253 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:02,800 ...who were consulted on the speech, and that circle got wider tonight. 254 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,000 So it'll be a weekend of bartering. 255 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,700 And Josh is usually one of the point men on that so... 256 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:10,600 - You need to get back to the office. - I have a few minutes. 257 00:14:10,800 --> 00:14:12,600 - How have you been? - Great. 258 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:15,800 - You guys survived? - Dot-coms didn't run out of steam. 259 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:17,500 - They didn't? - It's just hype. 260 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:19,100 - I see. - Do you? 261 00:14:19,300 --> 00:14:20,900 No. 262 00:14:21,100 --> 00:14:22,900 - It's easier to start up now. - Why? 263 00:14:23,000 --> 00:14:25,200 There's less pressure to be a success overnight. 264 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:29,800 Which brings us to this. 265 00:14:30,300 --> 00:14:31,700 "Capitalscoop. Com." 266 00:14:31,900 --> 00:14:36,300 It'll track legislation, profile people in power, spotlight special interest. 267 00:14:36,500 --> 00:14:38,600 - Gossip. - Not gossip. Hard substance. 268 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:41,800 Public policy. That's why we need all the help we can get. 269 00:14:42,000 --> 00:14:44,400 I doubt I can get Josh involved. It'd be a conflict. 270 00:14:44,500 --> 00:14:47,000 No, I don't want Josh. I want you. 271 00:14:47,500 --> 00:14:49,100 - I'm sorry? - I want you. 272 00:14:49,300 --> 00:14:51,300 I don't know where I'd find the time... 273 00:14:51,500 --> 00:14:54,900 It's Friday at 11. I'm basically on a lunch break right now. 274 00:14:55,100 --> 00:14:57,700 You don't understand. I'm talking about full-time. 275 00:14:58,900 --> 00:15:01,400 Issues director for Capitalscoop. Com. 276 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,100 Well, l... 277 00:15:05,300 --> 00:15:08,400 I'm surprised, and I'm flattered. 278 00:15:08,500 --> 00:15:11,500 But I'm, you know, not at all qualified. 279 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,100 That's not true. You've been Josh Lyman's traffic cop. 280 00:15:15,300 --> 00:15:17,400 That's like an M.A. in power-brokering. 281 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:20,400 You know the Hill. You know every corner of the White House. 282 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,700 You know every pressure point 10 miles from the Potomac. 283 00:15:23,900 --> 00:15:26,800 - Is this your operating budget? - It's your starting salary. 284 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,600 - Ginger? - She's not here. 285 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:34,100 - Is Bonnie here? - They went to get something to eat. 286 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:35,900 - Have we met? - No. 287 00:15:36,100 --> 00:15:37,900 - I'm Celia Walton. - Sam Seaborn. 288 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,900 - You were sent over for the week. - Yeah. 289 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:44,400 - We appreciate your helping out. - I go where I'm told. 290 00:15:44,500 --> 00:15:47,000 - Do you mind if I say something to you? - No. 291 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:49,000 The way you talked to that woman before. 292 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,100 - What woman? - I don't know her name. 293 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:52,800 The dog on a leash. 294 00:15:53,100 --> 00:15:55,700 That was Ainsley Hayes. She's an associate counsel. 295 00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:59,600 Yeah. It was rude. It was inappropriate, and it was offensive. 296 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:02,000 - What did I do? - You demeaned her. 297 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,200 No, we're friends. It's a completely mature... . You know. 298 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:08,600 - Also, she started it. - Whatever. 299 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,000 Well... . 300 00:16:11,100 --> 00:16:12,900 Okay. 301 00:16:16,100 --> 00:16:18,500 I wasn't demeaning her. I was complimenting her. 302 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,300 A White House counsel, and you're complimenting her on her sexuality? 303 00:16:22,700 --> 00:16:25,900 - She looked good in the dress, I thought. - Okay. 304 00:16:29,200 --> 00:16:30,500 - Where is he? - Congresswoman. 305 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:31,900 - Where is he, Sam? - Toby? 306 00:16:32,100 --> 00:16:33,800 - Yes. - I do not know. 307 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:35,700 - Liar. - Here to talk about the speech? 308 00:16:35,900 --> 00:16:38,600 I and the House International Relations Committee, yes. 309 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,000 Your fingerprints are all over this too. 310 00:16:41,300 --> 00:16:44,400 You and Toby wanna be responsible for starting World War III? 311 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,200 - Well, you're gonna. - I was having a good night. 312 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,300 - Where is he? - I don't know. 313 00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:53,400 - You said that already. - You asked me again. I still didn't know. 314 00:16:54,700 --> 00:16:57,000 May I wait in his office? 315 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,400 Better his than mine. 316 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,400 - What were we talking about? - I'm a temporary hand here for a week... 317 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:06,400 ...but I don't think it's a joke. 318 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:08,900 Ginger and Bonnie are getting something to eat. 319 00:17:09,100 --> 00:17:10,600 Yeah. 320 00:17:10,800 --> 00:17:13,200 I need these distributed. 321 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:18,000 Andy's in your office. 322 00:17:18,100 --> 00:17:20,700 - You let her in my office? - Yeah. 323 00:17:20,900 --> 00:17:23,700 What the hell did you let her in my office for? 324 00:17:23,900 --> 00:17:28,800 Okay. Well, I'm gonna step out for a minute and not be in this area anymore. 325 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:41,200 How could you do this without consulting people? 326 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:44,000 Come on in. We consulted plenty of people. 327 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:46,100 You think Sam and I create foreign policy? 328 00:17:46,300 --> 00:17:49,400 I don't know. You, Sam, Abbott, Costello! 329 00:17:49,700 --> 00:17:51,100 We brought in for three weeks. 330 00:17:51,300 --> 00:17:53,100 You bring in anybody from State? Who? 331 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,400 Secretary of State. How can you come here? 332 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:57,400 I'm third on the damn committee. 333 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,200 - It's a presidential address, not a camel. - A what? 334 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,500 A camel! A horse built by committee. 335 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:08,300 "Freedom must run deeper than the free flow of capital. 336 00:18:08,500 --> 00:18:11,600 Freedom must mean more than the free trade of goods and services. 337 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,000 - The world..." - I read it. 338 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,600 "The world will be free when we have freedom of speech for every nation." 339 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:18,000 In fact, I wrote it. 340 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:19,800 "...when there is freedom to worship. 341 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:24,800 The world will be free when we finally shake off the rusted chains of tyranny... 342 00:18:25,100 --> 00:18:29,000 ...whether in the guise of fascist dictatorship or ethnic hostility..." 343 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:32,200 - A little nervous? - Wait for it. 344 00:18:32,900 --> 00:18:35,600 "The crushing yoke of Islamic fanaticism." 345 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:38,600 Gentlemen, start your engines. 346 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,300 Billy's wife is already here. She's in my office now. 347 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,100 - Is she very upset? - She's... . 348 00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:45,900 - Send them in. - She's with Leonard. 349 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:47,700 Come in. 350 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:51,600 Everybody, this is McKennen Loboko, the Congolese attach�. 351 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:53,500 - McKonnen. - I'm sorry. 352 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,600 Mr. Loboko, you know our situation? 353 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,800 We've got a reporter who we believe was taken by the Mai Mais. 354 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:01,300 He shouldn't have traveled without documentation. 355 00:19:01,500 --> 00:19:03,900 The Mai Mais care about documentation, do they? 356 00:19:04,100 --> 00:19:07,100 - I beg your pardon. - He wouldn't have been abducted? 357 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:09,000 We haven't been introduced. 358 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:11,100 C.J. Cregg, White House press secretary. 359 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,800 He sat in my room for a year, his wife's in my office... 360 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,700 ...his kids are at home, and I want him back. 361 00:19:16,900 --> 00:19:18,400 You think I have him in my briefcase? 362 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:21,900 This is a shakedown, so tell us how much money and where does it go. 363 00:19:22,100 --> 00:19:24,800 The Congolese government doesn't negotiate with murderers. 364 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,300 The Congolese government is a myth. 365 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:32,400 I can't talk to this woman. 366 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,800 Mr. Loboko, how much money and where does it go? 367 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:47,700 - Where have you been? - I told you I was going out. 368 00:19:47,800 --> 00:19:51,000 - For an hour? - Well, yeah. 369 00:19:51,100 --> 00:19:54,600 There's an editorial on sugar subsidies in the International Herald Tribune. 370 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,200 Make sure that Leo gets a copy. 371 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,600 Also, make sure you send me home with a congressional face book. 372 00:19:59,700 --> 00:20:02,200 - Why? - I'm still mixing up Cooper and Hooper. 373 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,300 - Why? - Cooper sounds a lot like Hooper. 374 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,800 - What does it matter? - I got offered a job tonight. 375 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,000 What do you mean? 376 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:11,500 - You know Casey Reed? - No. 377 00:20:11,700 --> 00:20:14,100 - We went to college together. - That's where you were? 378 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:15,700 - Yeah. - At a job interview? 379 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:18,800 It wasn't a job interview. We were meeting for a drink. 380 00:20:18,900 --> 00:20:21,800 - What's the job? - He has an Internet start-up. 381 00:20:22,500 --> 00:20:25,300 - What kind of site? - Commentary. 382 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,300 He asked me to be issues director. 383 00:20:27,500 --> 00:20:28,800 - Issues director? - Yeah. 384 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,700 - For an Internet start-up. - Dot-coms aren't dying, just the hype. 385 00:20:32,900 --> 00:20:34,200 - Really? - Yeah. 386 00:20:34,400 --> 00:20:37,100 Sounds like the hype's alive and well too. 387 00:20:38,300 --> 00:20:40,400 I suppose. 388 00:20:40,900 --> 00:20:43,200 - You suppose? - Yeah. 389 00:20:43,400 --> 00:20:46,300 You can't take a job that may not be around a year from now. 390 00:20:46,500 --> 00:20:49,300 This job may not be around a year from now. 391 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,700 - He offered you money? - Yeah. 392 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,900 - Well, all I can offer you is a title bump. - Like what? 393 00:20:55,100 --> 00:20:58,500 Senior assistant to the deputy chief of staff for strategic planning. 394 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:01,500 - That's my title now. - Then I can't offer you a title bump. 395 00:21:01,700 --> 00:21:04,600 The sugar subsidy editorial and the face book, okay? 396 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:06,200 Cooper and Hooper. 397 00:21:13,900 --> 00:21:15,200 What do you need? 398 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,600 There's a thing in this we need to be careful of. 399 00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:19,300 What? 400 00:21:19,500 --> 00:21:22,100 They'll approve a new scale of peacekeeping assessments... 401 00:21:22,300 --> 00:21:26,200 ...if there's a cost-sharing mechanism, but it isn't fully addressed here. 402 00:21:26,400 --> 00:21:30,900 I should rewrite some of this language before the president goes to the U.N. 403 00:21:30,900 --> 00:21:33,100 - What? - Let me ask you something. 404 00:21:33,500 --> 00:21:37,000 When I said that you were enough to make a good dog break his leash... 405 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,500 ...you understand that men, we're the dog, right? 406 00:21:40,600 --> 00:21:42,000 I was the dog. 407 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:43,700 - I understood the metaphor. - Okay. 408 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:46,700 The peacekeeping assessment is based on per capita income... 409 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:50,100 ...with category J countries paying at a 90 percent discount. 410 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,200 - I meant it to make you feel good. - It did. 411 00:21:52,300 --> 00:21:54,100 - I certainly meant it. - I appreciate it. 412 00:21:54,300 --> 00:21:56,700 - I didn't mean to demean you. - I need you to listen. 413 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,700 Category A countries will be overpaying... 414 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:02,500 ...to cover the discounts for category J states. 415 00:22:02,700 --> 00:22:06,800 So we need to be more specific about category A. It's gonna be important. 416 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,900 - I was told that I demeaned you. - You didn't. 417 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:10,400 - I was told I did. - By whom? 418 00:22:10,500 --> 00:22:12,300 - Someone named Celia. - She was mistaken. 419 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:14,000 - You sure? - If I felt demeaned... 420 00:22:14,100 --> 00:22:16,800 ...I'd be among the first to know it. - Terrific. 421 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,800 - Here are my notes. - I'll rewrite them. 422 00:22:18,900 --> 00:22:21,800 - You'll stick around? - What else would I do on a Friday night? 423 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:24,100 I don't like to pry. 424 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,600 America doesn't have a monopoly on what's right. 425 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:32,300 Even if we did, I think you'll have a tough time convincing the Arab world. 426 00:22:32,500 --> 00:22:34,600 Well, we'd like to talk to them about it. 427 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:37,100 - That ought to do the trick. - It's worth a shot. 428 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:39,700 The U.S. Constitution defends religious pluralism. 429 00:22:39,700 --> 00:22:41,800 It doesn't reduce all of Islam to fanaticism. 430 00:22:42,100 --> 00:22:45,100 Neither does the speech. It calls fanaticism, fanaticism. 431 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,700 It's fanaticism whether we call it that or not, so we're gonna call it that. 432 00:22:48,900 --> 00:22:51,200 - We respect all religions, cultures. - To a point. 433 00:22:51,500 --> 00:22:52,800 Yes, to a point. 434 00:22:53,000 --> 00:22:57,700 Grotesque oppression isn't okay just because it's been institutionalized. 435 00:22:57,900 --> 00:23:01,300 If you ask me, we should've gotten into the game three, four decades ago... 436 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:05,300 ...but they're coming for us now. So it's time to saddle up! 437 00:23:06,500 --> 00:23:08,400 - Toby. - We do know what's right. 438 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:09,900 This is why they hate us. 439 00:23:10,300 --> 00:23:11,600 There's a lot of reasons. 440 00:23:11,700 --> 00:23:14,900 You know when they're gonna like us? When we win. 441 00:23:18,300 --> 00:23:21,200 - C.J. - Please tell me what's happening. 442 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,600 Janet, we're working some back channels now. 443 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,700 Make yourself comfortable. We might have some news in an hour. 444 00:23:26,900 --> 00:23:28,400 The government will pay money? 445 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:32,700 We can't buy them off directly. We offer to withhold money from their enemies. 446 00:23:33,500 --> 00:23:35,200 And if that doesn't work? 447 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:38,000 Your husband is employed by a billion-dollar corporation. 448 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,300 Janet, Mrs. Carlson would pay whatever. 449 00:23:41,700 --> 00:23:43,000 - Ransom? - Yeah. 450 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,700 Let's not get that far right now. Your clothes are wet. 451 00:23:45,900 --> 00:23:48,800 - Can I get you something to wear? - No. No, I'm fine. 452 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,800 Okay. 453 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,700 - I should stay here? - Yeah. 454 00:23:57,200 --> 00:24:00,700 Insomnia is a pretty common symptom of depression. 455 00:24:00,900 --> 00:24:02,800 - Are you depressed? - No. 456 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,500 I didn't think so. 457 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:10,800 Some people are predisposed to insomnia in times of acute stress. 458 00:24:10,900 --> 00:24:13,500 Are you under any stress? 459 00:24:14,500 --> 00:24:19,900 Is there any stress in your job at all, or...? 460 00:24:21,700 --> 00:24:25,800 But seriously, folks, has there been an unusual amount of stress lately? 461 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:29,000 - Well, Congress was investigating me. - Yeah. 462 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:30,400 And I was censured. 463 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,000 - I had to give the State of the Union. - Yeah. 464 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:36,300 I'm running for re-election. Things are blowing up everywhere. 465 00:24:36,500 --> 00:24:38,800 And I've chosen the General Assembly of the U. N... 466 00:24:38,900 --> 00:24:40,800 ...to define a tougher foreign policy. 467 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,200 Not unusually stressful, no. 468 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,100 I don't like the word"stress." It's a Madison Avenue word. 469 00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:54,400 It's something that can be cured with flavored coffee and bath bubbles. 470 00:24:54,600 --> 00:24:56,200 So you don't feel stress. 471 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,700 I have a job I like, and my family's healthy. 472 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:01,000 Doesn't mean you're not entitled to feel stress. 473 00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,500 Stress is for other people. 474 00:25:02,700 --> 00:25:05,100 - What other people? - I'm saying it's not stress. 475 00:25:05,300 --> 00:25:08,400 I was feeling stress five nights ago too, and I slept fine. 476 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:11,400 - So, what happened four nights ago? - I want my money back. 477 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,400 This is a very unusual conversation. 478 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,900 - I get that a lot. - I'd imagine. 479 00:25:19,100 --> 00:25:22,000 - So, what do you charge? - $375 an hour. 480 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,900 For $375 an hour, you ought to bring your own damn lingerie. 481 00:25:27,100 --> 00:25:28,400 I do. 482 00:25:28,700 --> 00:25:30,800 There's a great story about Arthur Miller. 483 00:25:30,900 --> 00:25:33,400 Death of a Salesman had just opened the night before. 484 00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:36,100 He was walking around his old neighborhood in Brooklyn. 485 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:39,500 He sees a hot-dog vendor that he went to high school with, and he says: 486 00:25:39,700 --> 00:25:41,500 "Hey, Jimmy, it's me, Arthur Miller." 487 00:25:41,700 --> 00:25:44,500 The hot-dog vendor says, "How you doing? What you been up to?" 488 00:25:44,700 --> 00:25:47,500 And Miller says,"I'm... You know, I'm a playwright." 489 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:50,800 The hot-dog vendor says, "Playwriting, I should've gone into that." 490 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:54,200 $375 an hour. 491 00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:55,600 - Yes, sir. - For what? 492 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,700 I don't really know. 493 00:26:02,300 --> 00:26:04,400 I can't sleep. 494 00:26:05,200 --> 00:26:06,600 I can't sleep. 495 00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:09,900 I'll be tired, and I'll lie there. And it doesn't happen. 496 00:26:12,100 --> 00:26:13,900 What happened four nights ago? 497 00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:16,500 I won the lowa caucus. 498 00:26:16,700 --> 00:26:19,100 - Anything else? - That's not enough? 499 00:26:19,300 --> 00:26:23,200 Mr. President, if you were any other patient... 500 00:26:23,300 --> 00:26:26,600 Say what you'd say to any other patient. 501 00:26:26,700 --> 00:26:29,800 I'd say screw around if you want... 502 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:33,400 ...but it's your money. It's about to be my money... 503 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,100 ...and I sleep fine. 504 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:42,900 I had a conversation with one of my aides... 505 00:26:43,000 --> 00:26:45,300 ...after we got back from lowa. 506 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:46,700 He called me on something. 507 00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:49,100 What? 508 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,100 Well, I guess we talked about a lot of things. 509 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,700 Who we think the Republican challenger is gonna be... 510 00:26:54,900 --> 00:26:58,700 ...and incumbency and campaign strategy. 511 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,300 Strategic overview, but the long and short of it is... 512 00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:04,500 ...my father never liked me at all. 513 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,200 Well, at least we're closer to my area now. 514 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,800 Yeah, I thought you'd enjoy that. 515 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:46,700 - Charlie? - Yeah. 516 00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:49,100 - Are you in pain? - No. 517 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:50,900 - Charlie? - Yes? 518 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,400 - Have you been playing basketball? - Yes. 519 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:54,800 - Did you get beat? - No. 520 00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:57,200 - Charlie. Who'd you play? - Doesn't matter. 521 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:58,700 - Ed? - No. 522 00:27:58,900 --> 00:28:00,100 - Larry? - No. 523 00:28:00,300 --> 00:28:01,600 - Jack? - No. 524 00:28:01,700 --> 00:28:03,200 - Did you get beat by Manny? - No. 525 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:06,000 - Who? - Deanna. 526 00:28:06,100 --> 00:28:08,000 - Your sister? - Yes. 527 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,500 Your little sister. 528 00:28:10,700 --> 00:28:13,400 - She plays varsity, Sam. - Girls' varsity. 529 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,300 - She played a finesse game. - Man, you can't walk. 530 00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:18,900 Yeah. I don't know what's happening to my life. 531 00:28:19,100 --> 00:28:21,700 I can tell you're down, but let's talk about me. 532 00:28:22,300 --> 00:28:25,100 If your sister was getting ready for a night out, and I said: 533 00:28:25,300 --> 00:28:27,600 "You're enough to make a good dog break his leash"... 534 00:28:27,700 --> 00:28:30,100 ...would you think I was a cad? - I'd think hick. 535 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,600 - Because of the sentiment or expression? - My sister? 536 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:35,800 - I'd beat you. - You and how many Girl Scouts? 537 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:38,300 - If I could stand up... - If it wasn't your sister. 538 00:28:38,600 --> 00:28:40,000 - Then you're fine. - I'm fine. 539 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:41,800 You're not. This isn't quite right. 540 00:28:42,100 --> 00:28:45,400 It needs to be clear that the total assessment is down to 25 percent... 541 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,200 ...for category A. - We've been in this fight. 542 00:28:48,600 --> 00:28:50,700 - But if we pay before... - Hang on. Here she is. 543 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:54,700 Celia, I asked Ainsley, and she said she didn't mind at all. 544 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,300 - Plus, Charlie said he's fine with it. - He's a man. 545 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,100 - Damn right. - Sam. 546 00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:02,700 We won't take a bath when other countries can afford to take on more. 547 00:29:02,800 --> 00:29:04,100 This is important. 548 00:29:04,300 --> 00:29:07,100 - It's important that I'm not a sexist. - And that I'm all man. 549 00:29:07,300 --> 00:29:09,000 You're Celia? He's not a sexist. 550 00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,900 If you're willing to let sexuality diminish your power. 551 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:13,800 - I'm sorry? - I'm surprised... 552 00:29:13,900 --> 00:29:17,100 ...you'd let it diminish your power. - I don't know what that means. 553 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,000 - I think you do. - You think I'm made out of candy glass. 554 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,000 If somebody offends you, tell them. But all women don't have to think alike. 555 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,500 I didn't say they did. And when someone offended me, I did say so. 556 00:29:27,700 --> 00:29:32,000 I like it when the guys tease me. It's a show of respect I'm on the team. 557 00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:35,200 I don't mind it when it gets sexual. And you know what? I like sex. 558 00:29:35,700 --> 00:29:39,100 I don't think whatever sexuality I may have diminishes my power. 559 00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:40,600 I think it enhances it. 560 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,600 - What kind of feminism do you call that? - My kind. 561 00:29:43,700 --> 00:29:45,300 It's called lipstick feminism. 562 00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,700 - I call it stiletto feminism. - Stilettos? 563 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,900 - Not in enough trouble already? - I am. 564 00:29:50,100 --> 00:29:53,200 Isn't the point that Sam wouldn't have found a way to be chummy... 565 00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:55,000 ...with a woman who wasn't appealing? 566 00:29:55,200 --> 00:29:57,200 He'd be able to, but that isn't the point. 567 00:29:57,300 --> 00:30:01,300 The point is that sexual revolution tends to get in the way of actual revolution. 568 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:04,400 Nonsense issues distract attention away from real ones. 569 00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:08,300 Pay equity, child care, honest-to-God sexual harassment... 570 00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:12,700 ...and in this case, a speech in front of the U.N. General Assembly. 571 00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:16,300 So you, 25 percent on the assessments for category A. 572 00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:19,500 You, I don't know what your thing is. And you... 573 00:30:19,700 --> 00:30:22,700 ...stop trying to take the fun out of my day. 574 00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,200 With that, I'm going to get a cupcake. 575 00:30:27,300 --> 00:30:29,800 For the moment, I'll do what she's telling me to do. 576 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:32,800 - We're at OEOB. - Okay. 577 00:30:40,900 --> 00:30:42,900 How you doing? 578 00:30:51,600 --> 00:30:53,300 There. 579 00:30:54,500 --> 00:30:57,600 It's not the best in the world, but it's hot. 580 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,400 I'm sorry, I didn't ask you your name before. 581 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,000 Donna. 582 00:31:02,100 --> 00:31:03,800 - Really? - Yeah. 583 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:05,900 Our daughter is Donna. 584 00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:08,700 - How old is she? - She's 7 months. 585 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:11,300 And her brother Harry is 3. 586 00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:14,200 Three and a quarter, he'd want me to say that. 587 00:31:17,300 --> 00:31:19,100 Do you know how it works with the money? 588 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:24,600 - I don't. I'm an assistant here. - Bill's written... 589 00:31:25,100 --> 00:31:27,600 He's written negative things about the president... 590 00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,200 - No. - He and C. J... . 591 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:31,500 Nobody cares about that tonight. 592 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,600 Okay. 593 00:31:34,700 --> 00:31:36,900 And you wanna know a secret about C.J.? 594 00:31:37,100 --> 00:31:39,900 But you can't tell your husband this, really. 595 00:31:40,100 --> 00:31:42,400 She battles with them every day, but loves reporters. 596 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:47,000 She's very protective of them, and it doesn't matter whether... You know. 597 00:31:52,300 --> 00:31:53,500 -It took... -Wait. 598 00:31:53,700 --> 00:31:57,000 It took three days to get the language through NSC and the NSA. 599 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,600 - It isn't coming out of the speech. - I didn't think so. 600 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,800 - Why are we here for an hour? - Members have drafted an insert. 601 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:05,100 Will you look at it? 602 00:32:06,100 --> 00:32:08,100 Sure. 603 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,000 This would follow your paragraph. 604 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:17,800 "Our goal is neither to preach nor proclaim American values. 605 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:20,300 We respect our Islamic brothers and sisters. 606 00:32:20,500 --> 00:32:22,900 We have a great deal to learn from the values... 607 00:32:23,100 --> 00:32:27,600 ...of tolerance and faith that are deeply held throughout the Islamic world." 608 00:32:30,500 --> 00:32:33,400 You're saying any resemblance the previous paragraph... 609 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:36,300 ...may have had to foreign policy is purely coincidental? 610 00:32:36,500 --> 00:32:38,600 - That's right. - Guess what? 611 00:32:38,700 --> 00:32:41,900 - What? - Our goal is to proclaim American values. 612 00:32:42,100 --> 00:32:45,500 The speech isn't supposed to be about ideology but about reality. 613 00:32:45,700 --> 00:32:48,200 The president will decide what the speech is about... 614 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,900 ...but the reality is the U.S.A. no longer sucks up to reactionaries... 615 00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:55,600 ...and our staunch allies will know what we mean. 616 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:59,000 We don't have staunch allies in the Arab world, just reluctant ones. 617 00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,000 We have a coalition held together with duct tape. 618 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:04,200 A coalition without which we cannot fight. 619 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,800 Nobody's blowing off the coalition. It'll be strong. 620 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:08,200 - When we win? - That's right. 621 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,000 What's Egypt gonna think? Or Pakistan? 622 00:33:11,100 --> 00:33:14,200 Freedom and democracy are coming soon to a theater near them. 623 00:33:14,300 --> 00:33:15,600 So get dressed. 624 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:17,800 Toby... 625 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,500 ...you guys are on a thing right now, and I'm behind you. 626 00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:24,400 You know I'm behind you. A lot of House Democrats are... 627 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,900 - Not enough. - And plenty of Republicans... 628 00:33:27,100 --> 00:33:31,800 ...but this one moment in time, you have to get off your horse and... . 629 00:33:31,900 --> 00:33:35,100 Simply put, be nice to the Arab world. 630 00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:37,800 - Be nice? - Yes. 631 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:40,500 Well... 632 00:33:41,100 --> 00:33:42,900 ...how about... 633 00:33:43,100 --> 00:33:46,500 ...when we, instead of blowing Iraq back to the 7th century... 634 00:33:46,700 --> 00:33:51,500 ...for harboring terrorists and trying to develop nuclear weapons... 635 00:33:51,700 --> 00:33:56,100 ...we just imposed economic sanctions, and were reviled by the Arab world... 636 00:33:56,300 --> 00:33:59,800 ...for not giving them a global charge card and a free-trade treaty? 637 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:03,500 How about when we pushed Israel to give up land for peace? 638 00:34:04,100 --> 00:34:08,000 How about when we sent American soldiers to protect Saudi Arabia... 639 00:34:08,100 --> 00:34:11,300 ...and the Arab world told us we were desecrating their Holy Land... 640 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,500 ...we'll ignore the fact that we were invited? 641 00:34:13,700 --> 00:34:15,300 How about in the State of the Union? 642 00:34:15,500 --> 00:34:18,600 The president praised Islamic people as faithful and hardworking... 643 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,800 ...to be denounced in the Arab press as knowing nothing about Islam. 644 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:23,900 - None of that is the point. - What is? 645 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,900 I don't remember explaining to Italians... 646 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,500 ...our problem wasn't with them but with Mussolini. 647 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:32,300 Why does the U.S. have to take every Arab country out for an ice-cream cone? 648 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:34,300 They'll like us when we win! 649 00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:46,000 Thousands of Madrases teaching children nothing, nothing, nothing... 650 00:34:46,200 --> 00:34:50,600 ...but the Koran and to hate America. Who do we see about that? 651 00:34:54,200 --> 00:34:59,000 Do I wanna preach America? Judeo-Christianity? No. 652 00:34:59,700 --> 00:35:04,000 If their religion forbids them from playing the trumpet, so be it. 653 00:35:04,500 --> 00:35:09,000 But I want those kids to look at a globe. 654 00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:13,800 Be exposed to social sciences, history... 655 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:16,600 ...some literature. 656 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:24,900 They'll like us when we win. 657 00:35:32,500 --> 00:35:33,700 Okay. 658 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,300 Let me take another look at the softer language. 659 00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:14,100 - How's she doing? - She was asking how the money works. 660 00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:18,300 It's not money. Actually, it's a promise to honor international sanctions... 661 00:36:18,500 --> 00:36:22,000 ...against the export of something called "coltan" by the Rwandan army. 662 00:36:22,100 --> 00:36:24,500 - What's coltan? - A mineral they have in the Congo. 663 00:36:24,700 --> 00:36:27,600 Refined, it's a necessary component of cell phones and pagers. 664 00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,400 And the Rwandans and Ugandans smuggle it illegally. 665 00:36:31,600 --> 00:36:33,700 - Listen. - What do you know? 666 00:36:33,900 --> 00:36:36,200 Akin Wamba, who's the Mai Mai rebel commander... 667 00:36:36,300 --> 00:36:39,200 ...sent word through a crew that was filming in Goma. 668 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:40,900 - Oh, God. - Yeah. 669 00:36:41,100 --> 00:36:43,400 He was killed in an ambush. 670 00:36:45,100 --> 00:36:47,400 Embassy Kinshasa's gonna get the body. 671 00:37:24,700 --> 00:37:27,400 It can't be easy being you. 672 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,600 - I told you... - I don't mean the job. I meant... 673 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,700 ...you know, being inside your head. 674 00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:37,200 What's wrong with my head? 675 00:37:37,300 --> 00:37:39,100 - I don't know. - Of course not. 676 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,000 That would be $385 an hour. 677 00:37:42,100 --> 00:37:45,500 They keep moving the goal posts on you, don't they? 678 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:49,000 Get A's, good college, Latin honors... 679 00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:51,300 ...get into the London School of Economics... 680 00:37:51,500 --> 00:37:55,000 ...get a good teaching job, lvy League school, tenure. 681 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,200 Now you got to publish. Now you gotta go to Stockholm. 682 00:37:58,400 --> 00:38:01,000 It's not good for a person to keep setting goals? 683 00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:03,300 It probably is, but it's tricky for somebody... 684 00:38:03,400 --> 00:38:06,600 ...who's still trying to get his father to stop hitting him. 685 00:38:06,800 --> 00:38:10,600 Well, I'm told that most men lead lives of quiet desperation. 686 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:14,200 Yeah, but that's most men. That's not you. 687 00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:17,200 That's the other people, the ones who feel stress. 688 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,600 - You're destined for something else. - I have abilities. 689 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:23,500 And now you have an opportunity to use them. 690 00:38:23,700 --> 00:38:25,800 I think I have. 691 00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:31,300 That room I passed down the hall on the left, it's got a name, right? 692 00:38:31,500 --> 00:38:34,500 I think you're talking about the Lincoln Bedroom. 693 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,200 This is a hell of a curve you get graded on now. 694 00:38:38,300 --> 00:38:43,500 Lincoln freed the slaves and won the Civil War."Thank you. Next. 695 00:38:44,100 --> 00:38:46,900 And what will you be singing for us today, Mr. Bartlet?" 696 00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:50,300 "Well, we've had six straight quarters of economic growth." 697 00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:51,800 That's not easy. 698 00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,800 - Okay. - It's not easy. 699 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,200 - I believe you. - I think I've made tough choices. 700 00:38:57,300 --> 00:38:59,600 I think Lincoln... 701 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:03,900 ...did what he thought was right even though it meant losing half the country. 702 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,100 I think you don't do what you think is right... 703 00:39:07,300 --> 00:39:11,300 ...if it means losing Michigan's electoral votes. 704 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,900 You don't know anything. 705 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:17,000 I'll be the first to admit that. 706 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,400 I'm not trying to get my father to like me. 707 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:24,500 Good, because it's never, never gonna happen. 708 00:39:24,700 --> 00:39:27,100 - Look... - We're done for the night. 709 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:31,200 - What? - We've been here for two hours. 710 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:34,500 It was a double session. We're done for the night. 711 00:39:34,700 --> 00:39:39,000 Stanley, I hate to put it this way, but I'm me and you're you... 712 00:39:39,100 --> 00:39:41,300 ...and we're done when I say we're done. 713 00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:43,400 No. 714 00:39:45,300 --> 00:39:48,400 I think you could use some assistance right now, sir. 715 00:39:49,300 --> 00:39:54,400 Use me, don't use me, but all I can offer you is this: 716 00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:58,600 I'll be the only person in the world other than your family... 717 00:39:58,800 --> 00:40:01,400 ...who doesn't care that you're the president. 718 00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,000 Our time is up.