All language subtitles for The West Wing (1999) - S05E02 - The Dogs of War (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 ImE)_track3_[eng]

Previously on The West Wing:

Walken plans
to nominate a Vice President.

WALKEN:
Republican leadership

is sending me their ideas.

You might want to round up
some names on your own.

We should be polling on this.

Margaret.

Get me Angela Blake.

We received what we believe
to be an authentic communication

from Ms. Bartlet's kidnappers.

We bomb Qumar and they kill her.

They're going
to kill her anyway.

Abdul Shareef had nothing to do

with what's
happened to Zoey.

You don't know that.

I need you to start
two speeches.

Why two?

One if they find her alive,

the other if they don't.

( tires screeching,
engine accelerating )

WOMAN:
I'm not unwittingly
participating

in the commission
of a felony, am I?

How was your flight
down from New York?

Mercifully short.

Sorry about
the Foggy Bottom theatrics.

No, it takes me back

to the illicit affairs
of my misspent youth.

So, where are we?

Well, tomorrow morning's
New York Times CNN poll

has his approval
ratings up to 76%.

And in ten days?

His numbers are
going to crater.

Not level off, crater,

like a failed Mars probe.

Today it's, "He lost his
daughter. What a shame.

We're pulling for him,"
and in two weeks, it'll be,

"I don't want a President
I have to pull for."

He did what was
constitutionally appropriate.

He upheld his oath.

If you want a
constitutional debate,

you should call
the Dean of Columbia Law.

Our guy quit
when things got tough.

Josh must be going nuts.

He thinks we need
a poll in the field.

White House can't get caught
putting a poll in the field.

Okay.

I'll call you
when it's done.

We need photos.

Bartlet on the phone
with world leaders,

conferring
with military advisors,

looking resolute.

He won't do it.

You've been a good
friend to him, Leo,

but you have
other responsibilities.

The people need to believe
that when he comes back,

he'll be able
to govern effectively,

even if he can't secure
the safety of his own family.

They need to know
that he is willing

to sacrifice his own
child's life for his country.

Would you be?

I wasn't stupid enough
to run for President.

Leo.

If she dies...

his approval ratings
will go through the roof.

( clock ticking )

( ticking continues )

( door handle rattles )

Secretary Barryhill's here.

Two minutes, then bring
in the Ambassador.

Good morning, Will.

Leo.

You've been briefed?

When does it start?

I'm just waiting for
word from Fitzwallace.

Doesn't it remind you a little

of the Japanese
on December 7th?

You wanted us to warn
them we're coming

so they could shoot back?

I didn't want us to do it
in the first place.

( knocking on door )

LEO:
Mr. Ambassador.

Thank you for
coming so early.

Thank you.

You know the
Secretary of State.

Yes.
Good morning.

Please.

I want to express the
Crown Prince's outrage

at the brutal assassination

of his cousin

and his sadness with
the terrible events

of the last days.

Please extend our sympathy

to the President Bartlet
and his family

and let them know
the prayers of all Qumaris

are with them.

Oh, I don't think all Qumaris.

If any of our citizens
are involved in this tragedy,

I can assure you, we will do
everything within our power

to bring them to justice.

Including the mullahs?

If the United States
has sufficient evidence

to implicate...

Your government
actively supports the Bahji.

In addition
to stoning adulterers

and banning anything written

after and including
the Gutenberg Bible,

they preach the overthrow
of our government

and violence
against our citizens.

We are an Islamic nation.

Our kingdom depends upon
the support of the Imam...

You allow Kazir training camps
to operate within...

We allow Kazir
religious schools...

...and you finance
radical fundamentalism

throughout the Muslim world.

You don't have
Christian missionaries

trying to convert our youth?

Not government-sponsored
missionaries

with explosives, manuals
and weapons training.

( knocking on door )

( door opening )

Excuse me.

BARRYHILL:
Mr. Ambassador,

you can't expect us
to stand idly by

while so many of your citizens

are intent
on murdering our citizens.

And it is difficult
to listen to you
characterize

the assassination
of a member of our royal family

as standing idly by.

We're bombing the Kazir training
camps in Tumar and Lani.

When?

Now.

And we're following it up

with ground forces

to detain and interrogate
suspected terrorists.

Thank you for informing us
in such a timely manner.

We are one of the only
friendly governments

you have left in the region

that is growing younger,
poorer and more radical

every day.

If you undermine us,
who do you think take our place?

Please,

tell the President
that I have a daughter, too.

( door opens, closes )

( phone ringing )

( snoring )

( ringing continues )

( snorts )

( ringing stops )

Yeah.

No. I'm awake.

Already read the papers...

showered.

I'm at the office.

Hang on one second.

( sighs )

Hey.

No, really,
I already went for a run.

Nice track suit.

Could have said I woke you.

I wouldn't have thought
less of you.

Sleeping is...

I don't know, lacks
a certain masculine... whatever.

Your virility is tied
to exhaustion?

You want coffee?

You brought coffee.

It's been awhile, but I don't
remember fatigue improving...

You hungry?
I'll head down

to the Mess to get...

a couple bagels.

You got a shower

and a freshly ironed
shirt in there?

Black?

That soy chai,
or whatever thing you drink

is affecting your
already addled brain.

Would you stop staring
at the TV.

Is there anything new on Zoey?

No.

How long have you been in here?

I don't know, since about 3:00.

Did you see
the morning papers?

We have a new Speaker.

Oh, God, Haffley?

He'll be passing out pelts

and slabs of bison
in the cloakroom.

Roll Call has the GOP
leadership

resuming its committee schedule
tomorrow

whether Zoey's back
or not.

Aside from adding to our
nation's greenhouse gas problem,

those committee hearings
are meaningless.

Word on
the street is,

Atwood has Walken meeting
with the Republicans today

without any Democrats.

Yeah, they were
over last night, too.

Were any of you
there?

Well, they weren't talking
site selection

for the Republican
National Convention.

Damn it. Haffley?

They're going to start
legislating again, Josh.

Partial birth, federal funding
for family planning clinics...

Walken does anything
by executive order,

we overturn it
as soon as we're back.

A cheering thought to the women

whose lives are ruined
in the meantime.

Do you even know
when you'll be back?

Not exactly.

Damn it.

If Walken's holding
partisan pep rallies

in the West Wing, leak it.

( phone ringing )

Embarrass Atwood
into backing off.

Oh, God.

Hey.

You look good with
a baby in your arms.

Actually, my arm's asleep.

I'm sorry about what
I said on Saturday.

It's a beautiful house.

I want you to have it.

No.
For our kids.

I can't.

Well, I don't want it.

Toby...

You can't live in
a one-bedroom condo with twins.

I found a house on D Street.

It's a three-minute walk
to the Rayburn Building.

Has something happened?

C.J.:
I'll take a few questions
before turning this over

to the Special Assistant
for Public Affairs

to the Secretary of the Navy.

At approximately 11:10 Zulu time
this morning,

12 F-14B Tomcats
and eight F-A18F Super Hornets

flying off the
U.S.S. George Washington

in the Persian Gulf,

bombed three strategic targets
in Qumar.

American intelligence confirmed
that each of the sites

was a Kazir
terrorist training camp.

President Walken ordered
the attack yesterday evening,

and he was notified

at 6:30 this morning
that all 20 planes

had successfully completed
their missions

and were on their way back
to the George Washington.

President Bartlet was notified
after the mission was completed.

He was in the White House
residence

with Mrs. Bartlet, where he
will remain throughout the day

tracking progress
on the investigation

of his daughter's disappearance.

REPORTER:
Qumar is America's ally.

Are they participating
or assisting in this
bombing campaign in any way?

Ambassador Umar Usef

was informed of the mission
this morning,

but the Qumaris are not
participating.

REPORTER 2:
Is there concern the bombing
may force the kidnappers to kill

or in any way harm Zoey Bartlet?

C.J.:
I don't speak on their behalf

so I can't say
what they will or won't do.

Bob.

BOB:
Has there been any indication
of resistance

or retaliation
from the Qumari people?

C.J.:
No, not as of this time...

You see?

Yeah, I saw.

You have 132
phone messages.

Half of them want me

to switch
my long-distance carrier.

There'd be at least
as many faxes if
we had a fax.

We don't have a fax?

The FBI boosted it
for evidence.

Okay, so we're not going
to return all those.

See if Leo's around, would you?

Hi.

Hi.

There's that guy
in my office.

That's Ryan.
Says he works for you.

Did you forget
to tell me something?

He said he works for me?

That's what
his pass says, too.

Hi, it's Donna Moss.

Hi.

Josh Lyman.

Ryan Pierce.

I didn't know if
I should come in,

what, with everything
that's going on.

Yeah, it's been
pretty crazy here.
I figured if

there was a problem,
somebody would have called or...

Okay, who are you?

Ryan Pierce.
Right, no,
I got that part.

I mean, who are you?

Leo didn't tell you.

Leo McGarry.

Wait here.

Leo's in his office.
Am I being passed over?

What?

If you're going to bring someone
in over me, you can at least

have the common courtesy...
I don't even know
who that guy is.

C.J., you get the feeling
we don't have any idea

what the hell's
going on around here anymore?

What?
You hear anything
about Steve Atwood

trying to move
a legislative agenda

while Walken's
in the Oval?

No.

Okay.

Word is the Republicans
are coming back over today.

Yeah.

Is Leo invited?

Are you?

I think they're planning
to start legislating.

Partial birth, school vouchers,
maybe even Anwar.

They got the votes
on the Hill.

The only reason
they haven't moved
on Medicare again

is they know we'd veto.

You get any sleep last night?

Happily.
Can you believe it?

We can filibuster
in the senate.

Not on partial births
or tax cuts.

What are we talking about?

Getting our asses kicked.

JOSH:
You going to Leo?

Wait for me.

Can you read this?

I'll be right back, okay?

A one-in-a-lifetime chance
to slam-dunk your agenda

and solidify your base?

Plus Walken's gonna
ride off into the sunset

as the presumptive
Republican nominee.

You think Atwood wouldn't
love to cinch that
with partial birth?

Three new Supreme Court
Justices?

A few new weapons systems?

Ah, I'm not being paranoid.
Is he in there?

You got a minute?

Not really.

Rumor is
the Republicans

are going
to start legislating.

Pick issues where we can't
sustain a filibuster

and ram 'em through.

They won't.

They're meeting
secretly again today.

It wasn't secret yesterday.

They were in the Roosevelt Room.

To plot a strategy.

This isn't the
grassy knoll, Josh.

Walken's not going
to take the offer...

You've asked him?

You been drinking
his Kool-Aid?

We need to leak it
to the press.

The GOP are conspiring
to use the cover

of a national crisis to impose
a radical right-wing agenda.

Josh...

The President needs
to sign a second letter

and take his office back.

Then we nominate a strong VP.

Once he's confirmed,

if the President still
needs to recuse himself,

he can step aside.

Go through
all this again?

Please, we should at
least take it to the pre...

Damn it, Josh!

The man's child is missing,
probably dead.

He doesn't give a damn
about politics right now.

That's why we have to.

Where are we
on the Vice President?

I'm... working...

I want three names on by desk
by 7:00 a.m. tomorrow.

Toby?
Leo...

I swear to God, Josh,
if you...
No, it's not
about that.

There's a guy in my office,

says he works for me,
knows you-- Ryan...

Ryan Pierce, yeah.

He's your new intern.

I thought we decided
I wasn't going to have
to have interns anymore.

No. You decided.

All right.

Pierce is...?

Is he a Pierce Pierce?

Yeah.

They're ready for you.

Okay.

I know
it's kind of crazy,

but Josh
might not be wrong about...

We did this to ourselves.

Now we have
to live with it.

They're bombing Qumar?

We're bombing Qumar.

How are you and Will
coming on the speeches?

We've started working.

Um, this second one
for Zoey doesn't...

I don't want the President
to know I ever asked you...

Yeah. No, of course.

Hell, if I could
even figure out
how to write it...

Yeah.

How's he doing?

Not so good.

He knows if
there's anything...

Oh, he knows.

What's that?

Congress.

What are they
doing outside?

Praying for Zoey.

( sighs )

So...

What?

"Today we affirm
this solemn truth,

"America is the strongest force
for freedom

the world has ever kno..."

So strong, you can trigger
a constitutional crisis

by dosing the First Daughter's
vodka gimlet.

Give it back.

"Anyone who dares to invade
the sanctity of America's House

will be caught, prosecuted
and punished

with all of America's might."

Meaning what, exactly?

We're going to bomb
their prison cells?

You're treating Zoey
like an abstraction.

It needs to be a man,
humbly supplicating himself...

Supplicating?

He's not going to stand
in front of the cameras

and rub gravel
through his hair.

We need a tone

of defiant leadership,
a return to Commander in Chief.

What's the alternative?

Admitting he was off
licking his wounds,

but now he's ready to come back

and take
the nuclear launch codes?

I was just trying
a few...

"I thank the Lord
that Zoey is back

in her mother's arms, yet
our nation still grieves."

Well, it-it's a new
and difficult time.

He needs to acknowledge
that we've all been visited

by our own mortality.

"I know I am not alone
in thinking how fragile

is the safety and security
we take for granted."

You're leading
with failure.

What kind of
message is that?

If we go two lines
without using the phrase

"unimaginably large
military arsenal,"

we're out of our minds.

You want me to start
on the second one?

You're already doing it.

BARRYHILL:
The Qumari have not issued
a statement yet.

I'm sure they're trying to shape
an appropriate response,

somewhere between a hunger
strike and declaring war.

Good luck.

No writing yet on
other Arab capitals?

It's early yet.

What about the UN?

China's on board,

but Syria is currently
on the Security Council.

They will need hand-holding.

I'll go up this afternoon.

Admiral.

C1-41s will have the entire
regiment on the ground

in about six hours.

Any casualties?

A Marine CH-53

transport helicopter
was hit by enemy RPG fire,

leaving the landing zone
just a few minutes ago.

Two pilots and four crew members
are KIA.

Agent Casper?

Still no communication
from the kidnappers.

We have detained

and interrogated
51 members of the mosque

the suspects
had been attending.

BARRYHILL:
The Saudis have agreed
to assist us

in interviewing
the suspects' families

in Saudi Arabia.

They are not going
to allow us

to conduct the interrogations,
but we can have someone present.

Better they do it anyway.

Why is that, Mr. Atwood?

They're not as squeamish.

LEO:
What about the five

Bahji sleepers up in Portland?

No. Nothing.

Excuse me,
Mr. President.

Mr. Steinholtz is here.

Thank you, everybody.

Deficit projections
don't look great.

WALKEN:
We're going to need
a stimulus package.

Or revenue enhancements.

Significant
tax cuts.

Reduction in
discretionary
spending.

You have something
on your mind, Leo?

So now what?

You have a suggestion?

This office isn't always
about doing something.

Most of the time
it's about not doing something.

Steve, give us a minute.

What's your point?

You're meeting
with Republican leadership again

without any senior Democrats
or Cabinet members present?

What are you accusing us of?

You weren't elected
to this office, sir.

Neither were you!

I have an obligation

to President Bartlet and...

Don't lecture me about the
responsibilities of this office!

Then start acting like
you understand them!

If you're uncomfortable serving
as my Chief of Staff, Leo,

feel free to recuse yourself
until I'm gone.

Thank you, sir.

PRESIDENT:
We started this, Leo.

This isn't about Shareef.

You're right; it's not.

It's about our allowing

the situations
in these countries

to develop
in the first place.

I'm not going to
let you do this.

We choose the order
and certainty

of petty desperates

over the uncertainty and chaos
of developing democracies.

Shareef ordered
the slaughter

of innocent
women and children.

He wasn't a nationalist

or a fledgling Democrat.

He was a cold-blooded murderer.

Six more American boys
are dead.

And that doesn't make you angry?

Of course
that makes me angry!

"The ultimate weakness
of violence

"is that it is
a descending spiral.

"Returning violence
with violence

"only multiplies violence,

adding deeper darkness to a
night already devoid of stars."

Dr. King.

I'm part
of that darkness now, Leo.

When did that happen?

Dr. King wasn't wrong.

He just didn't have your job.

Need any help?

No.

Harvard, huh?

Yeah.

Cum laude.

Don't be too impressed
with that.

Harvard gives those out
like paper place mats.

Summa's the hard one.

I knew one person
that got a summa that year.

She was my girlfriend.

Where'd you go?

Go?

Uh, you graduated
from college, right?

Yeah...

Oh, Harvard.

Josh, vetting files on...

My dad
went there, too,

my sister...

my Uncle Bunky.

Uncle Bunky?
Yeah.

Ridiculous, huh?

Atwood
gave a quote to the Times.

You're a Pierce?

Pierce Bedroom in the residence?
That's you?

My great-great-grandfather.

Has Toby seen this?

Found you first.

( sighs )

What's it say?

RYAN:
Hey, you know a Elliott Cabot?

He would have been there
around your time.

No, I don't think so.

I knew his little sister
Perrin, pretty well in fact.

Yeah, I'll bet
you did.

You know Hamilton Pew?

Ham Pew?
I don't get it.

Where's Toby?

He went down
to the Mess.

Ham's squash team
went nine-and-O in '89.

All-Ivy three years in a row.

JOSH:
I wasn't much
into squash.

I was more
of a Crimson guy.

Crimson?

The campus newspaper.

Yeah, that figures.

What's that
supposed to mean?

RYAN:
Nothing. That's great.

Are you implying I didn't
have a social life?

You said you
had a girlfriend, right?

I had a lot of girlfriends.
Really?

You guys always
walk so fast?

Yes.

( sighing ):
I'm okay.

Where'd you spend
your free time,

one of those
finals clubs?

Now, let me guess,
the Spee? Hasty Pudding?

Pudding is not
technically a final.

Toby, Steve Atwood
in the Times.

It's already
on the website.

It's perfect; you're
one of those guys

who used to harass me
on the way to the library

Friday nights,
drunk out of your minds,

wearing those
ridiculous red chinos.

You and me.

Thanks.

WALKEN:
Your son's sacrifice
for his country,

for the safety and
security of us all,

will not soon
be forgotten, sir.

I-I appreciate that, sir.

You and your family will
be in our prayers tonight.

Thank you, sir.

How many more?

Two.

When do I get to the fun part

of being President, W?

The fun part, sir?
Yeah, flying around

in Air Force One,

getting a good tee time
at Hilton Head.

I doubt you'll have much trouble
getting good tee times, sir.

This is a
weird-looking room.

Truman called it the crown jewel
of the federal penal system.

You a Truman fan?

Yes, sir.
Me, too.

I would have taken you
for an Eisenhower man, sir.

If Truman

were alive today,
he'd be a Republican.

Oh, I doubt that very much.

You know, it's funny,

this was never
an ambition of mine.

I never wanted to be
President of the United States.

Neither did Mr. Truman.

I'll start
another call, sir?

Thank you.

( clears throat )

( sighs )

"This isn't
about partisan politics.

"It's about what's best
for the country.

"However long this crisis lasts,
we're fortunate to have

President Walken
here to lead us."

That's a great quote.

Thanks.

"However long this
crisis lasts," that's...

nice turn of phrase.

Of course,

a more accurate description
of that period of time might be

"Till President Bartlet decides
to sign the second letter

and boot Walken's fat ass
out of our White House."

What the hell
are you going on about?

You're campaigning
in the middle

of a national tragedy.

Zoey Bartlet's out in the field,
breathing through a straw;

you're test driving sound bites
for the next election?

Straight answer, once
in your life, Steve,

what are
you guys up to?

Closed-door meetings.

Planting quotes
in the Times...

What?
What's next? Spontaneous
speeches on the House floor

questioning President Bartlet's
fitness to lead?

You don't get it, do you?

Republicans are
in awe of Bartlet.

He recused himself
in the only way he could.

In the way envisioned
by the Constitution.

None of the framers were afraid

of the President's daughter
being kidnapped at musket-point.

The whole notion of
the 25th Amendment is that

the institution
matters more than the man.

Bartlet's decision
was even more self-sacrificing

because he willingly
gave power to his opposition.

The institution may matter more,

but it's your guy protecting it,
not ours.

A truly self-sacrificing act
usually involves some sacrifice.

So now you're going
to nail us to the cross.

No.

You beat the terrorists
at their own game.

We're not stupid, Josh.

We try to use this
to our advantage,

it'll blow up in our faces.

We'd seem callous and unfeeling,

in contrasts to Bartlet's
extraordinary gesture

of courage and patriotism.

And anyone who
thinks otherwise...

has a particularly craven way
of looking at politics.

( man speaking foreign language
on TV )

What happened?

Al Jazeera has
a tape of Zoey.

They first broadcast it
four minutes ago.

WALKEN:
What's he saying?

He's claiming responsibility
for the kidnapping,

in the name of the Bahji
and Solomon de Mahmoud.

WALKEN:
Who is that?

One of the terrorists

they want released
from prison.

What, what is that
she's holding?

This morning's
USA Today.

They are again demanding

the prisoners in
Pakistan be released.

Is she even conscious?

She looks drugged.

Why is the
quality so bad?

We think it's
a digital photograph

e-mailed to Al Jazeera,
probably over a modem.

We're sure that's her?

It's her.

What else is he saying?

He is denouncing
the United States,

the Kingdom of Qumar,

and our attack
on holy Moslem lands.

And he says if every
American soldier

is not out of Qumar
in 24 hours,

they are going
to shoot her.

Toby.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean
to startle you.

No, no, sir.

I'm just surprised to see you
down here, Mr. President.

They haven't
revoked my pass yet.

Please, sit.

Is there something
I can do for you, sir, anything?

Do you have a cigarette?

Abbey won't let me
smoke in the residence.

I usually keep a pack
hidden in the office.

I probably have
a couple of cigars.
No, thanks.

I just thought maybe
somebody on your staff...

( sighs )

What are you working on?

The speech
for when you come back.

How's it coming?

Fine. Tough.

Mind if I have a look?

It's not finished yet.

That's all right.

I'm still working
on the ending.

Where's the other one?

What other one?

The other speech.

We only wrote one.

You write this?

No. Will.

But...
we won't need it, sir.

"The Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away..."

You mind if I take this with me?

Maybe I can bum a smoke
off one of the agents.

You take care of yourself,
Mr. President.

WOMAN:
Mm-hmm...

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm...

Mm-hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Can you hang on, officer?

Excuse me, sir.

We may have something.

Have you been home
since this started?

I'm all right.

You guys any closer
to naming my successor?

You were serious
about that?

I thought
you were joking.

I promised Laura
a month on a boat,

kicking around the Caribbean
for our honeymoon.

32 years later,
I think her patience

is finally wearing
a bit thin.

( phone beeping )
You sail?

I should be able
to figure out

how to ease a 32-foot
Catalina into
Yes, sir.

a slip in Kingston.
Mr. McGarry is here.

Mr. McGarry, sir.
Admiral...

the FBI are on their way over.

They think they
found Zoey Bartlet.

MAN:
A Virginia State Trooper

responded to a domestic
disturbance call

outside of Calverton.

They both got drunk.

He had let her out
by the side of the road

in the middle
of nowhere,

so she dialed 911
on her cell.

The trooper
couldn't find her.

She wandered off somewhere
to try to get out of the rain.

Guy checked an old barn
across the road

from where she
said she'd be.

A white van...

ABBEY:
Zoey!

She's got a possible
clavicle fracture,

some irritation
because of the tear gas

and some ringing in her ears
because of the flashbacks.

No sign of sexual assault,

but she's still
a bit out of it.

They're going to run
a tox scan to see...

They all dead?

Sharpshooters got two
using the spike-mike

and thermal scanners.

Other one was sleeping
when we came in.

Tried to grab a weapon.

We found her locked
in a closet

in the back bedroom.

Agent Casper!

Mr. President.

Good morning, sir.

You ready to do this?

Yes, sir.

Hmm. Hmm.

You going to run again?

I haven't decided.

If you do, let me know.

I'll come campaign for you.

I'm not so sure

that'd be a plus in my district,
Mr. President.

You stick around
for the press conference?

Thank you, sir, but I think
the nation's best served

by seeing only one President
at a time.

PRESIDENT:
Glen?

Thank you.

I have the final version
of your speech

for your review, Mr. President.

I won't need it.

I'm going to use the one
from last night.

Last night, sir?

I made a few changes, Will.

I hope you won't mind.

No, sir. Of course not.

Thank you, everyone.

Thank you, Mr. President.
Thank you, sir.

How much time do I have, C.J.?

They're gathering now.

We told the networks
to be ready in ten minutes.

Excuse me, sir.

Will the First Lady
be joining you?

No. She's at Walter Reed
with Zoey.

Thank you, Mr. President.

( door closing )

Would you like us to get that up

on the TelePrompTer
for you, sir?

No.

That won't be necessary.

So, who's

the lucky winner?

The President hasn't decided.

You got a favorite?

President hasn't decided.

Josh, they're gathering.

Nice office.

REPORTER:
Ladies and gentlemen,
we bring you a special report.

We're waiting
for President Bartlet

to come out of the Oval Office
momentarily.

It'll be his first speech

since coming back
into his office.

The first since his daughter...

Did we ever find
those five Bahji sleepers?

No.

We understand that Zoey...

Mr. President.

ALL:
Mr. President.

Are they ready for us, C.J.?

Yes, sir.

Where are we
on the Vice President?

We have several
candidates, sir,

ready for your decision.

C.J.:
Ladies and gentlemen,

the President
of the United States.

PRESIDENT:
"The Lord giveth,
and the Lord taketh away."

Words I did not fully understand

until our daughter was taken
from us three days ago.

But now we can rejoice
and be glad,

for that which was lost
has been found.

That my child is back

in her mother's arms
is serendipity and grace.

A second chance that will not
slip through our hands again.

I wish that I could tell you

that there's some new policy,
some new weapon system--

a silver bullet, perhaps--
that could meet this moment.

That could keep us safe

from the terror
that's now among us.

But if I were to say that,
I'd be lying.

All I can promise you is
that I will fight

with every fiber of my being,

with every weapon
in our arsenal,

and with every ounce
of God's grace

to keep us strong
and free and safe.