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Previously on The West Wing:

Can you brief me on
this Kazakhstan situation?

Has a deal been struck
to keep Chinese troops

on their side of the
border? It's classified.

So if there was a deal,
the details would be...

Also classified, if
there were details.

New Hampshire, first district.

We'll have a good
shot at the seat.

I think so. And I think
I'm the man to do it.

I think with a little help

from you fine people,
I'm gonna be elected

to the United States
House of Representatives.

If the worst thing
they can say about me

is that I'm Jeb
Bartlet's son-in-law?

Once the public gets to
know me as an individual,

it's an entirely different race.

You're the politician.

Why the hell don't you run?

I don't want it.

Then why would you let Doug?

Because he's my husband,
and he asked me to.

For three years, I've
been thinking about

what might have been if it
weren't for the conflict. Yeah. Yeah?

And I'm almost over it.

I mean, I'm right there,

and you come back.

Forgive me.

For what?

You should be drinking.

You look incredible.

Stop. No, you do.

That's unnecessary.

You okay?

I'm just great.

Have a seat. Thanks.

So how's the President?

We off the record?

Please, yes.

He's doing great.

I wouldn't want
that to get around.

I'm surprised you called.

I vaguely remember shunning you.

Dignity's not my forte.

So...

They kept the kitchen open.

Oh, then we should order. Hi.

Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Would you like to hear
the specials? Please.

Well, tonight, we're
featuring New Zealand lamb...

Is this from a list? I'm sorry?

The specials, are they written down
somewhere? Yeah, they're right here.

Just give us that. We'll
read them. We're readers.

Whatever you want.

Just easier that way.

Then you don't have to perform.

Fine with me.

Thanks.

A night out.

This is like a week in Aruba.

Except it's cold and dark. What?

I was making a joke.

Oh, you don't have to do that.

Relaxing makes me nervous.

It feels like I'm
missing something.

You want a drink?

No.

So what's up?

What's up? Why am I here?

You really want me to just...

Cut to the chase, I do.

All right, well...

I'm having a bit of
performance anxiety here.

Get yourself together.

I'll look at the menu.

I wanted to see you.

That's it?

How am I supposed to...

I know you've always had a
thing about reporters. A thing?

When you were press
secretary, you had a thing.

I wouldn't call it a thing. No?

They tick me off is all.

You want to know
why? No, that's okay.

Because they care more about
coming up with a good story

than they do about
telling the truth. I see.

So now, I have to live in a
culture where what's important

doesn't matter, because we're
too preoccupied with people

who are more
attractive than we are

playing musical
genitalia in Hollywood.

Wow. It's disgusting.

I cover politicians.

Most of them are homely,
so no one cares. That's true.

Maybe if they made up for it

with guts, we'd
write better stories.

Maybe if we had the support of
a well-informed constituency...

As opposed to what, leading?

You want to know why
politicians tick me off? Can't wait.

They're attracted to
arenas of false heroics.

I don't know what that means.

There's two places where
you can see a pumped-up

egomaniac slathered with
man-tan talking about how great he is

and how he's gonna
kick his opponent's ass.

One is a professional
wrestling match;

the other is a national
political convention.

Can't do anything if
you don't get elected.

Your boss never has to
get elected, ever again.

But you guys are content running
out the clock with the same game

of well-intentioned defense
you've always played.

That's not true.
You could do more

in a day than most people
can do in a lifetime. You think

I'm not aware that I'm living

the first line of my
obituary right now?

So don't get hypnotized
by complexity.

Make it count.

What are you working on?

Right now, I'm trying to
keep China and Russia

from annihilating the
northern hemisphere

over oil in Kazakhstan.

What are you working on?

Couple of house races.

No good comes from that.

No.

Have you heard anything
about Doug Westin?

Yeah, looks like the President's
son-in-law might be the next

freshman congressman
from New Hampshire.

He's only down three points.

Yeah, and I guess
he doesn't care about

being his own man anymore.

He's asking the
President to fly up

and stump for him in Manchester.

Really? Yeah.

Why?

He's getting a lot of heat,

bunch of profiles,
rising star crap.

And I was surprised because
the one time I met him,

he seemed kind of...

Unimpressive? Yeah.

Are you implying
that success in politics

isn't a question
of inherent value?

No, I would never do that. Good.

Okay, let's get a move on here.

Fish is a stupid thing
to get in a restaurant.

I think he may be
banging the nanny.

I want a big slab of...

What?

I think the
President's son-in-law

may be banging the nanny.

Is that a euphemism?

No.

Well, banging is, I guess.

It's just a rumor,

no official corroboration,

but it's flying around
pretty heavy up there.

And it could break any minute.

The President still has

a lot of political enemies
in New Hampshire

who might want
to create a circus

or just hurt him for spite.

Got you. Great.

Thank you. I'm gonna go.

You're what? I got to go.

Ah, shoot, I ruined the...

Tomorrow's a big
day that just got bigger.

You got to eat.

Get the steak,
tell me how it was.

Can I see you again?
Sure, it was swell.

When? Soon as
we're out of office.

How do we expect the people of
Kazakhstan to come out and vote

if we can't guarantee the safety
of our own election monitors?

It's gonna diminish
turnout, no question.

You think?

Ethnic Chinese want revenge.

They're not looking
for a referendum.

Is there some kind of
legitimacy threshold?

You mean participation? Yeah.

No.

Chinese troops are
holding on the border?

Yeah, but any further loss
of life, they'll have no choice.

They'll have to go in.

Kazakhs understand that one
hungover riot cop goes nutso,

and everyone gets to
live in a sarcophagus?

Tarimov understands the stakes.

He's rattled, but he gets it.

I mean, these people
love their vodka.

Don't drink and play
thermonuclear war.

That's what I'm saying.

Whatever communication
we have with the Russians,

we emphasize that everybody
needs to bury their dead

and vote in peace. Right.

What do we know about
these attacks in the Sudan?

The refugee camp in Darfur?

Yeah.

Janjaweed warriors on camel
and horseback attacked the camp

along with government
troops out of Khartoum.

This is new, right?

Attacking the camps is new.

And it's directed by the
government in Khartoum?

African Union Peacekeepers
say the Janjaweed

and the Sudanese
government are the same thing.

Government helicopters
were part of the assault.

There's rape
trauma in the camps.

There's amputations.
All the men are dead.

We've seen it before.

The big question is:

Will there be another member

of the Bartlet family in the
Capitol come next January?

Mr. Westin, who has insisted...

They look good.

On running as his own
man, nevertheless trails...

So the Peacekeepers
are overwhelmed.

Yeah.

The minute it gets
too dangerous,

the humanitarian groups pull out
and we have genocide on smack.

Let's move on this.

Really? I want to see if we can

get a resolution
through the U.N.

There's a Security
Council meeting

on the books, isn't there?

Yeah, next week.

Let's chop the
financial balls off

these genocidal bastards
in Khartoum. How?

We sanction their oil revenues.

I thought we agreed...
To sit on our butts?

That China would veto. That's
why we've never tried it before.

China needs us now.

They need an honest
broker with the Russians

to make sure this election
in Kazakhstan is legitimate.

Is this coming
from the President?

It's coming from me.

I'm gonna see what I can
get and then take it to him.

If we can assure them their
flow of oil in Kazakhstan is secure,

they may be willing to
sacrifice something in the Sudan.

We trade pots of oil.

They give up what they're
getting from the Sudan,

we make sure they're
getting it from Kazakhstan.

You don't want to jeopardize
our neutrality in Kazakhstan.

No, they can't know
it's coming from us.

We find a proxy.

Yeah.

France and Germany want us

to let them sell
arms to China again.

Margaret?

I need the French ambassador.

He's over at State.

Will's here.

Will? Yeah.

Send him in.

I'm gonna take off.

Great, thanks.

Campaign Coordination
in the Roosevelt.

Josh is waiting.

That's a conference call.

Actually, he's in town, so he

wanted to do it in person.

And Steve Laussen called again

from Refugees' Rights Alliance.

He wants five
minutes this afternoon.

Actually, it's more like
he demanded five minutes.

I told him no.

Squeeze him in. Really?

Why not?

You I need. Come here.

What's wrong?

Close the door. I didn't do it.

Close the door. Toby did it.

Shut up.

You gonna talk now?

Seriously.

I don't react well to this.

It's like staring at a dog.

I think Doug Westin is
having an affair with his nanny.

Jeez, I don't want to know that.

Why did you tell me that?

Because you deal with the press,

and I don't want
you to get blindsided.

Exactly. I work with the press.

I do my best work

when I'm the least
informed person in the room.

You taught me that.

Suck it up. I can't act.

I'm a terrible actor.

You were in New Hampshire...
I don't like to pretend.

During the primary. So what?

So find out if there's
any truth to said rumor.

How? You'll figure it out.

Wow. You think?

I've got the President
flying up there next week

to lend his credibility
to the alleged fornicator.

Really bad.

We've already lost a vice
president in a sex scandal.

I feel like I'm handing out
towels at the Playboy mansion.

It's not your fault.

Oh, really now?

Open the door. What?

Open the door.

Did you take an awkward pill?

What? I'm always like this.

Thank you.

Briefer Boy, I caught
you on C-Span.

You look real cute in makeup.

Withering sarcasm, I love it.

Those are some brutal briefings.

Looks like some sort of
medieval wonk-baiting.

Support me in
public, that's all I ask.

On Tuesday's
call, we were talking

about how many
more Cabinet members

you want out on the trail.

Yeah, since I'm in town,
I thought I'd nail down

the President's availability
for the rest of the campaign.

I'm back at 4:00 to sit with

Cabinet Affairs and
work out a calendar.

We're gonna need
some people left

in the building to
run the country.

I don't care about that. But we're
going to do everything we can

to support you in your
targeted media markets.

And I talked to the President;

he's fine doing
the radio address

on deficit reduction,
and I'm assuming

you're going to
keep slamming Vinick

on the impact of his tax cut,

right? Yeah.

What else? We're all
looking at the same polling:

Santos does better
where people think

the country's moving in
the right direction. Sure.

I don't want you to do anything you
wouldn't be doing anyway. Of course not.

But, whatever you have,
in terms of research grants,

infrastructure initiatives,

it's a waste to piddle it out

in some Department of Commerce

press release,
let's highlight it,

have the secretary show
up, create some sizzle.

We've got some
small business loans

and light rail stuff
coming down the pipe.

We'll keep you posted.

Thanks, whatever
you got. That's easy.

I want it all.

You will have it.

I also want something big.

Like?

The Molecular Transport Lab.

The biotech chemical
genome thing.

What about it?

Be nice to make the announcement

in Texas next week.

You just said you didn't
want us doing anything

we weren't doing anyway.

I don't. I just want you

to move the announcement up.

It'd be huge for us in Texas.

Could make the
difference down there.

The location hasn't
been decided yet.

It's still working its way

though the agency
review process.

That's not what I hear. No?

No. It's going to Austin.
All $2 billion worth.

I gotta go.

I'll be back at 4:00
for Cabinet Affairs.

You should check that out.

How does he know we
already made a decision?

Maybe he doesn't,
maybe it's just a rumor.

Maybe it's wishful thinking,

and he's trying to
jam it home on us.

If we announce that

a $2 billion federal
research investment

is going to Texas
before the election,

the Senior Senator from Kentucky

is going to blow a gasket.

Yeah, it's a good way to
make an elder statesman

look like a doddering,
ineffectual fool.

The French ambassador
is in the Mural. Yeah.

He's fine. I gave him
a beverage. Thanks.

Where did you leave
it with the senator?

Well, Bowles knows
it's going to Texas.

He's fighting for his life.

His constituents don't
like his politics anymore,

"schwing" with the
federal purse is all he's got.

He didn't promise them anything.

All he's asking
is that we hold off

on the announcement
until after the election.

What'd you tell him?

I told him we'd hold off
until after the election.

We're not risking a senate seat.

You're doing it
again. Doing what?

Just standing
there in front of me.

I thought we were talking.

That's over now.

Go see what you can
find out about the nanny.

I still don't understand how...

Walk away from me now.

So proud to serve in
these hallowed halls.

We are very concerned about
the reports out of the Sudan.

The attacks on the Internally
Displaced Peoples' Camps

in Darfur... yes, it's awful.

We would like to turn
off the financial spigot

that is supporting the
government in Khartoum.

There's no reason not to expect

more mass killings
and more displacement.

Well, as you know, the
European Community

has formally condemned
this activity. Yes,

and as you know, the
perpetrators do not care.

Our students have
launched a very effective

divestiture campaign.

Which we admire.

We believe you have
the domestic constituency

to support bold action.

Yes, that's true.

We may be willing to support

reopening your
arms sales to China.

In exchange for what?

A U.N. resolution
sanctioning all oil revenues

to Khartoum. The
Chinese will veto it.

They might. C.J., they will.

Look, if it was up to me,
NATO troops would have been

on the ground in
the Sudan years ago.

Are you offering
French troops to a NATO

peacekeeping effort?

The African Union troops are

clearly doing their best
to protect the camps.

There's been improvement there.

People are still dying.

No, I know it's
not the solution.

But I believe an African problem

will require an
African solution.

We would all prefer
an African solution,

but it's not working.

But you have to
ask yourself, C.J.,

how did we get here?

We saw it coming.

We did. Perhaps

a murderous government
with intelligence on international

Islamic terrorist
organizations...

Could provide the United
States with crucial information?

Absolutely.

Perfectly understandable.

But when we push
things to the side,

often they come
back to haunt us.

We all make
calculation, Jacques.

And your investors

who continue to trade
shares of the multinationals

who do business
with these killers

on the New York Stock Exchange,

that's another
"calculation," yes?

And there's plenty of
hypocrisy to go around.

True. True.

Unfortunately, C.J.,

we cannot afford to
introduce a resolution

so obviously aimed
at the Chinese.

You are so fond of
calling yourselves

"The Leaders of the Free World."

So... lead.

What do you got? I have nothing.

He didn't do it? No,
I mean I didn't get...

I told you to... To what?

Casually call people
in New Hampshire

and ask them if they think
the President's son-in-law

is committing adultery
with the nanny?

You have to be a little
more artful than that.

There is no art
in trying to find out

if somebody slept
with someone else:

You ask it straight out,
or you don't... "art"?!

Didn't say it would be easy.

A segue hasn't been invented

that takes us from
"How's the weather?"

to "Is Doug Westin
hammering the nanny?"

So you have nothing?

No, I found out

it's really cold in
New Hampshire.

You're useless. And...

that the Westin's 26-year-old
nanny of three years

was let go in August and is now

traveling in Europe. Okay...

And there do seem to be

a lot of reporters focusing
on Doug, digging around.

That doesn't mean... Sheila Jacobs,
Tom Weller, Danny Concanon.

Danny Concanon, yeah.
They're all talking to people

off the record about Doug.

Non-politicos.

And I pulled this picture
of the whole family,

at a butter festival,
off the Internet.

That's the nanny right there.

Which makes me
think he... did it.

I mean, just look at her.

What's that supposed to mean?

I'm just saying... Yeah, I
can see your mouth moving,

you're just saying what?
That she's really cute

and he probably did
it. They have children.

Sure. It'd be stupid
to have a nanny

if you didn't have kids.

Especially one that
looks like that. Okay...

No, I'm just saying
if you're interested

in the male perspective. Always.

I find it raises the
level of the discussion.

Can I give you
one piece of advice

before you ask me to
leave my own office?

What?

I don't know where
you're going with this...

I'm protecting the
President. Right. Whatever.

This much I do know:

There's only one
thing worse than telling

the President of
the United States

his son-in-law's
having an affair.

What's that? Telling the
President of the United States

his son-in-law's
having an affair,

then finding out you were wrong.

This is Danny.

I know you're
working on this story,

and I'll get to that
later, but right now,

I'm concerned
with the President,

and I don't want to have to
walk your dumb-ass gauntlet

of journalistic ethics, so
I'll make this easy for you.

I'm going to say a
sentence, and if it's true,

you just don't say
anything. Clear?

I don't say anything.

If you don't say anything,

it means that what
I said was true.

Uh... okay.

Got it?

Isn't that kind of risky?
What do you mean?

Well, what if you say
something that's not true

and my cell phone cuts out?

Well, that's not
going to happen.

I just got in an elevator.

Well, get off now, mister!

Whoa, whoa! Hang
on. Whoa. Sorry.

You okay? I'm fine, I'm fine.

Oh!

Uh, C.J.?

What the...

I'm holding the fish now.

You... want your
privacy, don't you?

Hello? I really do.

Steve Lawson from Refugee
Rights Alliance is out here.

Give me a minute.

I'll do that.

C.J., you okay?

You there?

Yeah. You okay?

I almost killed my fish.

On purpose?

Why would I do that?

Well, you been
under a lot of pressure.

Okay, listen up.

I'll tell you anything you want

to know if you have dinner
with me tomorrow night.

I just want to see What?

If we can get through
an appetizer together.

Okay.

Same place?

Sure. Great. Shoot.

If I went to the President
with the information

you brought to my attention,
would I be making a mistake?

Nope. See you tomorrow night.

Steve. Come in.

It's good to see you. Thank you.

I'm glad we could make
this happen. Me, too.

Have a seat.

You're aware of the
situation in the Sudan? Yeah.

The attacks on the
displacement camps.

Janjaweed warriors backed
by government helicopters?

Right. Has there been

any official response
from this administration?

We condemned it.

What do you want to hear, C.J.?

You want to hear
the numbers first,

or you want to hear
the horror stories?

Neither. Well,
I'll just run down

the talking points
real quick, then.

Three million
displaced, 400,000 dead.

Children forced to
watch their mothers raped

and their fathers killed.

Current death toll
per month: 6,000.

If the humanitarian
organizations

are forced to withdraw:
100,000 per month.

Steve?

I have some photographs.

I don't need to see photographs.

When the babies die,

the mothers don't know
how to put them down,

so they carry them around.

On this planet.

On your watch.

Yeah.

You remember the picture
of the Vietnamese monk

who lit himself on
fire to protest the war?

I used to think that
guy was nuts, now...

it seems like the
only logical response.

Won't help.

We need strong preemptive action

led by the Bartlet
administration.

Overwhelming
American military might?

Followed by a decade
of nation building

in a part of the world

where many consider us

infidels, so that
we might bring forth

a new and benevolent
democracy? Of course not.

Come on, C.J.!

When did it become naive to
try to put an end to genocide?

We are monitoring
the situation carefully.

Of, for the love of...
Steve, you don't need to...

I need my government...
The President is fully aware...

to assert what is left
of its moral authority!

Okay.

I want five minutes
with the President.

This was your five
minutes with the President.

I'm sorry, Steve,
I'm late for a meeting.

You've got the German
ambassador in the Mural

when you come back. Great.

Doug Westin's in town, I
need to see him tonight.

I'll track him down. Alone.

Alone? Alone.

I smell bacon.

Hello, Josh.

A heapin' helpin'

of sizzling federal pork butt.

I can't talk right now.

Just perfect for a
Texas barbecue.

I have a meeting.

I just finished up
with Cabinet Affairs,

I thought you might
have some news. I don't.

'Cause it would
be really helpful

to make the announcement
in Texas next week.

We can't announce something
we haven't decided yet.

See, this is weird,
because when the EPA

did the environmental
impact study in Kentucky,

they concluded it
had to go to Texas.

Oh, really now?

Yeah, I have the data.

Plus the University of Texas
has everything they need

in terms of research
coordination.

You know all this.

You're playing with me, right?

I'm not.

We haven't made a decision.

You have bad information.

I feel pretty confident
about my information,

since I actually work
here, and you actually don't.

And now I have a meeting.

The President needs
to fly down to Texas,

stand next to the congressman,

and make the
announcement next week.

It's not gonna happen.

It's gonna come out before
the election, anyway, C.J.,

you can't keep this
kind of information quiet.

The only question is: You
want the President to be

a part of the story or not?

Think about it. I'm around.

Please, have a seat.

What can I do for you, C.J.?

We've been monitoring these
developments in the Sudan.

Disturbing. Tragic.

As long as the oil
revenues flow into Khartoum,

the humanitarian situation
will continue to deteriorate.

Germany has
completed a large deal,

and one of our
companies is building a...

The diesel electric
plant. Yes, we are aware.

Good.

I want to be honest
with you. Good.

We are looking for
a U.N. resolution.

From who? From you.

The Chinese will veto.

They might. 100%, they will.

One hundred percent.

This is something that
the President needs.

Yes. You already made the
same request of the French.

We talk often.

We have a union now.

If you want this
resolution so much,

why don't you make it
yourselves? Because right now,

we are doing everything we can

to avoid World War
III in Kazakhstan,

and at the same time, we
would like to do whatever we can

to prevent an unnecessary
and massive loss of human life.

Then focus on
humanitarian needs.

If we start mixing human
rights with oil exports,

we'll all be riding bicycles.

The parliament of the
European Union declared

what was happening in Darfur
to be tantamount to genocide.

Tantamount, yes. Overwhelmingly.

In exchange for
your introduction

of a new resolution, we
will drop our opposition

to your resumption
of arms sales to China.

And, of course, we can assure
you of a sympathetic hearing

at the next round
of trade negotiations.

There may be another
construction project

in conjunction with the diesel
electric plant in Khartoum.

It will be grandfathered
into the sanctions.

Well, then, how
can I refuse you?

You're very persuasive.

Thank you, Mr. Ambassador.

The President will be thrilled.

How will you avoid
a veto from China?

You just said it
yourself, Franz. Yeah.

I can be very persuasive.

You see, we are now at the point

where the research disciplines

can no longer afford
to function separately.

Our understanding
of our natural world

is beginning to inform
our technological future,

and our understanding of
technology stands on the verge

of revolutionizing our ability

to detect and treat
countless number of illnesses.

That's why federal investments,

like the proposed molecular
transport lab, are so important.

There's about to be another
biotech explosion, my friends,

and let me tell you this: I've
looked closely at this project,

and I believe that, in
the next couple of days,

we're going to be
hearing some good news

for the great city of Austin
and the great state of Texas.

Son of a bitch!

Dial Josh now.

Son of a bitch.

You got him?

On two.

Hello.

Hey, what's up?

I hate it when I
make myself clear...

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

And I'm not received.

It's a done deal, C.J.

This is not your call.

He didn't announce it.

He said that Austin was the
most viable site... he didn't make...

Don't make distinctions
with me, Josh.

I've known you too long.

You're right. Way too long.

I understand that Calvin
Bowles' Senate seat is a priority.

Calvin Bowles... Yeah, you know,

pious old pork hog, who
votes like a schizophrenic.

You done? Yeah, go ahead.

Calvin Bowles is a
breathing Democrat.

That's debatable.
And we cannot afford

to lose any more
of those right now.

Where does holding
onto the White House

fit into your priorities?

I'm sorry... Doug
Westin is here.

Tell him I'll be right there.

Listen up, Josh, I
work for Jed Bartlet.

I wouldn't be doing
my job if I wasn't trying

to preserve his legacy
under all eventualities.

The transporter
announcement's off the table

until after the election.

Is that clear?

Now, if you'll excuse me...

C.J., C.J., listen to me.

You want to cover
all eventualities?

Have the President join us in
Texas for the announcement,

then he and Santos
will fly to Kentucky

to stump for Senator
Bowles together.

All your problems are solved.

I have to go now.

Come in, Doug.

C.J., how are you doing?

I'm just great. Good.

You know the first
thing I'm going to do

when they declare me the winner?

What are you going to do, Doug?

I'm going to ask for a recount.

That's not my
line, but I love it.

It's great, isn't it?

Yeah, great.

I am so jazzed about this event
with the President next week.

We are going to win this thing.

I've never felt so strongly
about anything in my life.

But until that last vote is
counted, I'm going to operate

under the assumption
that I'm going to lose.

Nothing for granted.

I mean, look who I'm talking to.

You know exactly
what I'm going through.

Don't say it.

Do not tell me the President
needs to go to Zurich

or something next week to
work on this Kazakhstan thing.

Don't tell me that.

No, he doesn't.

Good.

I don't care what
you do privately.

Okay.

I really don't.

I'm a little... But when
you do something

that affects my boss'
ability to do his job,

that could embarrass him

on a political trip
to New Hampshire,

and will take attention
away from urgent national...

And at the moment,
international... issues,

I begin to care very deeply,

Right now, I'm trying to get

the Chinese ambassador
here to put an end

to some unimaginable
human suffering,

so if you have a
problem with your zipper,

get it out of my face right now.

Do you understand me?

I think I do.

I think you do, too.

Yeah.

Chinese ambassador in the Mural.

Thanks.

Here's what's going
to happen now.

You're going to walk up the hall

to the Office of
Political Affairs.

You will tell the
people in that room that,

on second thought,
you don't want

to be overshadowed
by your father-in-law.

You want to win
this thing yourself,

on your own merits,
and thanks but no thanks,

you are withdrawing your
request to have the President

appear with you in
Manchester next week.

Do that for me, will you?

That'd be great.

It is an irresponsible
moment for the Germans

to propose sanctions
on the Sudan.

Two nuclear powers
are mobilized.

We have troops massed on
both borders of Kazakhstan.

We're standing on the
edge of the abyss here.

I agree, the timing is odd.

It is not appreciated.

Yeah.

And stupid.

These Europeans,
they're always pretending

to have a significance
they no longer possess.

I have spoken to them, and I
would like to make a proposal.

What is it?

You are interested

in purchasing arms from
the French and the Germans.

We're interested in all markets.

There have been no sales

since Tiananmen, correct?

Israel. Other countries
have done business with us.

Six months ago,

the French and
the Germans told us

they would like to
sell to you again.

They should... It's a
meaningless restriction.

They're simply losing money.

We objected strongly.

I was there.

There may be some latitude now.

With the arms sales?

Yes.

It would be difficult to justify

closing off such a
significant source of oil.

We're thirsty.

We're trying to grow an economy.

We want to make
sure your oil supply

is preserved in Kazakhstan.

You can show yourselves
to be responsible members

of the world community
with a simple abstention

on the German resolution.

It will allow us to put American
election monitors on the ground

to ensure a fair vote there.

That's it?

That's a lot.

I will disappear into
my massive bureaucracy

and see what I can do.

You're funny.

Thank you, Ambassador.

You know what I
think about a lot,

when I'm having these
kind of discussions?

What, sir?

Capitalism vanquished Communism,

obliterated it.

And here we are, having
a discussion where you

are trying to
restrict our markets.

We're trying to address
a humanitarian situation

in the Sudan.

Exactly.

But you have always taught us

that liberty is the same
thing as capitalism,

as if life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness

cannot be crushed by greed.

Your American Dream
is financial... not ethical.

This is a good deal
for the Chinese.

I hope you will
consider it carefully.

Of course.

Thank you.

No, thank you.

You have taught us well.

The President
needs you in the Oval,

and I have a yogurt here.

What for?

To eat.

He's in there? Yeah.

And... he's grumpy.

Come in.

How you doing, kid?

Very good, sir.

Glad to hear it.

Teddy Barrow just called
from State... what the hell

is going on with
the Sudan thing?

I'm working on a Security
Council resolution.

Sanctioning oil revenue?

Yes, sir, to be introduced
by the Germans.

And then vetoed by the Chinese.

Not necessarily. Probably.

Could be. I am trying to
defuse a nuclear standoff.

Why on earth would we want

to antagonize the
Chinese right now?

We're not.

This is coming from the Germans.

You don't think the Chinese
are going to figure it out?

We owe these people $350 billion

for God's sake...
They're not stupid.

We're out of time.

We've all been hypnotized
by the complexity

of this thing in the Sudan...
The E.U... the U.N., State.

This isn't a solution,
but it's a start.

I can't have anything

compromising our
neutrality in Kazakhstan.

This won't.

As far as China knows,

this is Europe holding
their feet to the fire, not us.

We're the ones brokering
the face-saving deal.

China would owe us.

This could even help
us in Kazakhstan.

Is this about the
Sudan or the fact

that we're all about to get
kicked out of this building?

When the babies die, the
mothers carry them around for days.

They can't put them down.

Yeah.

Keep working the resolution.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Why is Matt Santos
stomping on what's left

of my goodwill up on the Hill?

The transport lab.

I got an irate phone call

from the senior senator
from Kentucky. Right.

At least I think he was irate.

He didn't have his
teeth in, so I'm not sure

what the hell he
was talking about.

The Santos campaign
got some polling

telling them a huge
federal investment in Austin

could help them win Texas.

Yeah. Which is why I think

we should send you to Austin

to announce the
transport lab with Santos,

then we send you
both to Kentucky

to help stump for Bowles.

When is that going to happen?

Thursday.

Doug Westin withdrew his request

for you to campaign with
him in New Hampshire.

Why did he do that?

I think he wants to
prove he's his own man.

By losing?

If that's what it takes.

Liz is going to kill him.

Doug just changed his mind?

Was there anything else?

No, sir.

Thank you, Mr. President.

When do you get an
answer from the Chinese?

I should know something
over the weekend.

It's worth a shot.

Yeah.

Hey. Come here a sec.

What's up?

I need to tell you something.

You all right?

Doug Westin...

Yes?

Doug Westin had an
affair with his nanny.

Get... out.

It might break, it might not.

Is she cute? Who
cares if she's...

I've spent my life
surrounded by men in uniform.

I don't... Biology kicks
virtue's ass in my experience.

She's 26.

Yeesh.

Okay.

So she doesn't have to be cute.

I'm... That's disgusting.

Yeah. He should die.

The bastard should just be dead.

Did Liz leave him?

I don't think she knows.

I should sic Special-Ops on him,

make him a tragedy
she can cry over.

I made him withdraw his request

for the President to appear with
him in Manchester next week.

You're telling me
this, because...

I don't know if I should...

Tell her? No.

No, no, no, no.

Now's the time everybody
just looks at her funny

till she figures it out.

I know.

I just don't know if I
owe the President...

Sorry. Liz Westin's
in your office.

She needs to talk to you.

Good luck.

Okay.

Hi, Liz.

C.J., hi.

I'm sorry to barge in on you.

Are you busy?

Well, you know,
thermonuclear war, genocide...

I don't mean to bother you.

It's fine. It's good to see you.

Have you seen Doug?

He was here yesterday, right?

Yeah.

He marched into Political
Affairs and told them

he didn't want my
father to come up

and do the event
with us next week.

I heard that. I
can't believe it.

Do you have any idea
how long it took me

to convince him to
let my father help?

I know from the start,

it was important for him
to be his own man, to win

or lose this thing on his own.

His father-in-law's the
President; it's a fact.

He can't run away from that.

It's got to be hard to try
and live up to the President.

You can't.

No.

But he is the father
of my children.

And I want them to be able

to look up to him. Sure.

No matter what he's done.

Do you understand
what I'm saying, C.J.?

I think I do.

I think you do, too.

Talk to him.

Tell him it's political suicide

to run away from Dad.

I know you're trying to
do what's best for Doug...

Marriage is complicated, C.J.

This isn't ideal.

But it's the best
thing for my children.

I understand. Good.

But my job is to
protect your father.

My father would want to
protect my children, too.

I'm sorry, Liz, we've
given the date away.

Already? You can't have.

It's gone.

So... on his own merits,

we let the voters decide?

I think it's best.

Yeah.

I need some Schedule
C's who might be willing

to take unpaid leave and
hit the road with a candidate.

I'll put together a list.

The least humiliating
public speakers possible.

Hey.

I've cleared the President
to fly to Austin on Thursday

to announce that it
will be the new home

of the nation's first
Molecular Transport Lab.

He will then fly to Kentucky to
campaign for Senator Bowles.

Would Congressman
Santos like to join him?

I'll have to get
back to you on that.

Go to hell.

I'm embarrassed, Tom.

I'm embarrassed that my
country is content to stand by

and let other
countries take the lead

when it comes to the key
moral question of our time.

Half a million dead.

At what number do
we say, "Enough"?

We've called it what it is.

It is genocide.

This is an unprecedented
moment in American history,

where we have
acknowledged that system...

U.N. delegation
just notified State.

There's a Security
Council negotiation

on language for a
Sudan resolution.

Where are the Chinese?

They're in the room.

Threatening to veto?

Not out of hand, no.

They're talking?

They are.

Huh.

It's a start.

Yeah.

Do you want to get some food?

I can't. I have a date.

You do not.

What?!

I have a date.

With whom?

With a guy I used
to go out with.

I'll walk out with you.

You go ahead.

I need to talk to the President.

The Doug story's going to break,

and it's going to
be terrible for him

and I want him
to hear it from me.

He's ready.

Okay. See you tomorrow.

Yep.

Men are like salmon

swimming upstream,
hosing down the riverbed

with their indiscriminate
seed, until they die...

Indiscriminate seed? Did you
just say indiscriminate seed?

Bloated and spent,
belly up in the sun.

Oh, quit sweet-talking me, baby.

Unless they get taken out

by a bear paw in the waterfall

as they deserve to be.

So you're struggling
with trust issues.

I'm struggling with reality.

What's your dessert
policy? What?

You want me to spare
you the monologue?

Oh, I really do.

I figured.

I'll get you some more water.

Oh, gee, I'm sorry. I'll
shut up and leave now.

She hates my guts.

She does a little bit.

I'm sorry about the other night.

Why?

Because I was behaving
like the kind of Type-A

career woman freak
automaton that I so very much

do not want to become.

Please.

I wanted to see you.

And I haven't felt
that in a long time

and I just got all
awkward and antagonistic.

That's okay.

As long as you
didn't kill our fish.

But don't get me wrong.

I don't want to see you again

until after the inauguration.

You don't have to.

I want to do my job.

I want to suck
every morsel of meat

off this experience
before it's over.

Just get something
done, will ya?

That'll come down to what it
always comes down to. What's that?

How dirty do my feet have to get

without disappearing
into the mud

in order to get an inch
of what I really want done.

Doesn't sound very heroic.

It's not.

So what's the deal?

You still creeped out
by reporters or what?

Why, you got another
unholy bomb to drop on me?

Is that what these
dates are about?

No, that was an attempt at
a real date the other night.

And this? Another attempt.

Hey, if I'd wanted
to publish that story

I wouldn't have given
you the heads up.

I can't write that
kind of crap anymore.

I don't, I don't even know

if I want to be a
reporter anymore.

Really?

Doug Westin's libido
broke the camel's back.

What do you want to do?

I don't know.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Why'd you come here tonight?

'Cause you made me promise to.

Why'd you come?

I wanted to see you.

Thank you.

You going to do a magic trick?

Uh, I'm flying a
little blind here.

I'm halfway through my life

and I'm never quite sure
if I'm doing anything right

until I'm completely
done doing it wrong.

Work with it.

So this may not come out right.

I forgive you.

Then incrementalism
is not an option.

I'm forced into
a heroic posture.

Heroic can be good.

Feels funny.

You can do it.

Okay. Uh,

we're both about
to fall off a cliff.

And I don't know what I'm
going to do with the rest of my life,

except I know what
I don't want to do.

And on Inauguration Day,

you're going to be released
from that glorious prison

on Pennsylvania Avenue with...

no human skills.

Seems to me...

I should punch you in
the face, but yeah, okay.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

Keep going.

So, if I'm going
to jump off the cliff,

and you're going to
get pushed off the cliff,

why don't we hold
hands on the way down?

Oh, shoot.

Oh, turn it off.

I can't.

Just for a couple of seconds.

Oh, my God.

You okay? Oh, my God.

I have to go. I have to go.

Okay. No, no. Go, go.

I'll see you later.

I'll see you later.

What's happening?
Did the Chinese invade?

No, Kazakhstan is stable.

What is it?

Some kind of nuclear accident.

Lord. A weapon?

Power plant.

Is it Russia?

San Andreo, California.

They think it might blow up.