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Previously, on The West Wing:

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You have to ask a girl
out on a date.

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You can't just randomly tumble
into a girl sideways

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and hope she breaks up
with you soon,

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the way you always do.
Why not?

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She goes out with guys.
Are you jealous?

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No.
See?

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I don't get jealous.

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Gather ye rosebuds, Josh.

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Donna, I am not going
to knock on her door.

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( reporters clamoring )

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Katie.

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C.J., do you
know anything

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about the President
being sued?

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Sued?

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There was an item
in the Rocky Mountain

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something-- Bugler.
Bugle.

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The Rocky Mountain
Bugle.

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It's the Herald.
The Rocky Mountain Herald.

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About the President being sued?

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Unless this person
was making it up.

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All right, that's
all, everybody.

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I'll see
you at 5:00.

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REPORTERS:
Thank you, C.J.

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You haven't heard
anything about
that, have you?

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What?

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The President
being sued.

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It's the News, isn't it?

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What are you...?

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The Rocky Mountain News.
Toby.

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There's a group--

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a veterans' group
that's talking

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about not showing up
for the anniversary.

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Which group?
I don't know.

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Why aren't they
going to show up?

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They're talking
about not showing up.

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Why?
I don't know.

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Do you know anything

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about the President
being sued?

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No.

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Katie Witt
seems to think

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there was an item in
the Rocky Mountain News.

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I thought
it was the Bugler.

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It's not.

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I don't know
anything about it.

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Okay.
Ginger.

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Yes.
Have you set up
a meeting for me?

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Yes.

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With the veterans' group?
Yes.

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The one that's talking
about not coming?

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Yes.

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You haven't yet, have you?

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No.
But you will.

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Yes.
Sam.

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The President's being sued?

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Did you get this from
the Rocky Mountain...?

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I got it from the DOJ--
Civil Division.

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Three months ago
at a fund-raiser

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the President was asked
about air bags.

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Someone suggested there are
more dangers than benefits.

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The President says--
I'm quoting--

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"Everything has risks.

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"Your car could
drive into a lake

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"and your seat
belt jams

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but no one's saying don't
wear your seat belt."

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Oh, please
don't tell me...

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That someone thought
that's what he was
saying? Yeah.

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A couple at the fund-raiser
got into an accident.

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He wasn't wearing a
seat belt, he died.

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She's suing for
contributory negligence.

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You can't sue
the President.

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Lawyers get rich trying
to figure out how.

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We should do
something preemptive.

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It's not going to be
a big deal.

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right before something
becomes a big deal?

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Toby.
Yes.

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Good morning, sir.
Hey, Sam.

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Good morning,
Mr. President.

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Come with me for a second,
would you?

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Sir, it's possible

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you're going
to hear some stuff

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about seat belts today.

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I urge you to ignore it.

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No problem.

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You straightening
things out

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with the Smithsonian?

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Today.

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I'm supposed to speak
at the opening of an exhibit

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marking the 60th anniversary
of Pearl Harbor,

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but there's
a small veterans' group

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that objects
to the exhibit

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on the grounds
that it's America bashing.

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I thought you liked
America bashing.

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I wouldn't say that.

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What would you say?

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I wouldn't.

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Sir, you needed me?

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Frank, what
was added?

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Hutchinson
just told us

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that two F-117
strike fighters

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have been added
to the package.

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This is Qumar?

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Yeah. That means
the total is 15

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AMRAAMS, 50 M1-A1s,
ten F-15s, the two F-117

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strike fighters, and
the PAC 3 missile.

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There's no way
I'll remember that.

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Can you send somebody
a memo?

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Yeah.

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This is in exchange
for a five-year lease...?

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Ten-year lease
agreement.

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The point is
that we've dotted the "I's"

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and we're ready to announce.

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I'll let C.J. know.

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Let C.J. know,
but have her

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pass it off to the DOD.

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You want to bury it?

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Not totally, but...
Passing it off

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to another department
is usually our way of signaling

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we don't want the public
to care about it.

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I don't know.

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Every time we make
one of these deals

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with a place like Qumar

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I feel the women around
here look at me funny.

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I think you're probably wrong
about that.

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You think it's just guilt?

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Yes, sir.

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Well, how should
I deal with guilt?

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Be more like me.

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Yeah, okay.

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Anything else, sir?

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C.J.'s going
to be cool with
this, right?

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C.J.'s the one
you're worried about?

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I'm just saying she
knows who the good
guys are, right?

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Yeah.
Okay, thanks.

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Thank you,
Mr. President.

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What's next?

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Josh?

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Could I get five minutes
without being interrupted

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by banality?

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It's not banality.

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It's the boss's wife.

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Good morning, ma'am.

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Good morning, Josh.

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A little heads-up
wouldn't be out of line.

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I said "Josh."

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Yeah. What can I do
for you, ma'am?

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I got a letter
from Amy Gardner.

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Yeah, I was cc'd on that letter.

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She seems pretty irate.
Amy Gardner's

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always irate
about something.

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I wouldn't give it
a lot of thought.

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I happen to agree with her.

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Me, too, and I think it deserves
a lot of thought.

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I thought you might.

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I was kidding.

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I don't care.

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The letter
was co-signed

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by NOW,
the Women's Action League

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and about ten women's groups.

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I've got to go to
Vienna next week.

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Honestly, ma'am, due respect,
I think they're overreacting.

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We're talking about one word.

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Isn't this one word
that dramatically alters

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the effectiveness of the treaty?

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I don't know how dramatically.

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The current draft

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says "forced prostitution."
Yes.

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Excluding all other types
of prostitution

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and sex trafficking?

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Well, I suppose
that's for prosecutors to...

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Well, Amy says that unless the
U.N. removes the word "forced"

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it's going to be difficult
to prosecute at all.

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You've spoken with her?

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Yes. And I'd like you
to do the same.

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God...

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Really?

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See? Now you're wishing
it had been banality.

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Yes, I am.

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Have a good day.

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Thank you, ma'am.

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Thanks for waiting.

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Leo, you know everybody

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but these are Drs.
Bedrosian and Califf.

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This is Leo McGarry.

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How you doing?

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Fine.

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And why are we here?

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A herd of cattle
in Ogallala, Nebraska

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was accidentally
given banned feed

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and quarantined
18 months ago.

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One of the
cattle showed

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neurological damage.

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It was unable to stand--
it's called a Downer Cow.

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Tissue was sent
to the NVSL in Ames, Iowa

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for the first round
of tests.

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Another sample was sent
to the UK's

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Central
Veterinary Laboratory.

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And?

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The first round
of Iowa tissue

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showed a presumptive
positive.

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Mad Cow?

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We don't know that.

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But we think?

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We have to wait
for the UK tests.

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Worst case scenario?

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We declare
a national emergency

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and a Class One recall

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on all consumer beef.

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Mr. McGarry, we've tested
over 12,000 samples

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and none of them
have come up positive.

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12,000 out of how
many nationally?

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40 million
adult cattle.

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Somebody needs
to teach me about this.

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What's next?

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We'll need a response
to Kendall's charge

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in the Weekly Standard.

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What did he say?

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Our education
reauthorization bill

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has more pork
than a pig-pickin' festival.

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C.J.:
A pig-pickin'
festival.

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( laughter )
Yeah.

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More and more,
I'm in favor

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of English being
the national language.

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It's worth knowing

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that Kendall's pushing
for four new charter schools

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in his district,
one of which is...

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Named after him?
Yes.
Thank you, Santa.

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How about...?

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It's pretty hard
to get at the pork

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when the chairman's
hogging the trough.

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And that's why he gets
all the great women.

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What else?

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You better be briefed
on the arms sale to Qumar

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'cause the Pentagon
leaked it.

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Qumar?
Yeah.

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In the Gulf?

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Is there another one?

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No. We lease an air base
in Qumar.

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It's a ten-year lease,
and it's up

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and they won't renew
without an arms package.

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You writing
this down?

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No. When did we make
an arms deal with Qumar?

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I really don't know.
What does it matter?

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What does it matter?
Yeah.

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What are we selling?

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Don't start.

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What are we selling?

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What are we selling?

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15 AMRAAMS,

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50 M1-A1 tank kits,
ten F-15s

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and Patriot missiles
for $1.5 billion

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and they renew the lease.

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Don't start?
What the he...?

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Anything else?

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ALL:
No.
Thank you.

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REPORTERS:
Thank you.

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This is
how it starts.

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What?

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Trouble. This is
how trouble starts.

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Seat belts?

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Contributory negligence
in a wrongful death

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is the tort equivalent
of murder.

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And aren't lawsuits
against the President

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the tort equivalent
of insane?

265
00:07:51,338 --> 00:07:53,273
Toby...
Like the guy suing
the President

266
00:07:53,273 --> 00:07:55,976
to stop CIA-sponsored
radio transmissions
in his bridgework?

267
00:07:55,976 --> 00:07:56,844
Yes.

268
00:07:56,844 --> 00:07:58,145
Or the guy who's suing

269
00:07:58,145 --> 00:07:59,847
to have the man from
the planet Xanadu

270
00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:01,114
removed from
his front yard?

271
00:08:01,114 --> 00:08:02,550
That's not local?
It's Federal.

272
00:08:02,550 --> 00:08:03,851
There's the couple suing

273
00:08:03,851 --> 00:08:05,753
for repayment of
all back taxes, ever,

274
00:08:05,753 --> 00:08:07,521
because taxes are
unconstitutional.

275
00:08:07,521 --> 00:08:08,522
Technically, they are.

276
00:08:08,522 --> 00:08:10,090
Sam...
They're not.

277
00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:12,626
And the bow tie manufacturer
from the garment district

278
00:08:12,626 --> 00:08:14,728
who blames the falling market
on the fact

279
00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,897
that the President
doesn't wear bow ties.

280
00:08:16,897 --> 00:08:19,366
There's a reason the Civil
Division gave us a heads-up.

281
00:08:19,366 --> 00:08:20,734
What?
This one could break.

282
00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:22,636
One random comment,
and that's the ball game.

283
00:08:22,636 --> 00:08:24,171
Thank you for coming
to Dodger Stadium.

284
00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:25,939
You think murder
is going to overtake

285
00:08:25,939 --> 00:08:28,041
education and health care
on the campaign trail?

286
00:08:28,041 --> 00:08:29,342
No, you're right

287
00:08:29,342 --> 00:08:32,245
'cause health care and education
are much sexier.

288
00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:33,714
What are you suggesting?

289
00:08:33,714 --> 00:08:36,650
That we come out right now
for a national seat belt law.

290
00:08:36,650 --> 00:08:38,151
Wait, wait, better yet,

291
00:08:38,151 --> 00:08:40,721
why doesn't he set up his
own checkpoint on I-95?

292
00:08:40,721 --> 00:08:42,255
'Cause that's
impractical.

293
00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:44,825
So is twisting
national policy
over a non-story.

294
00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:46,694
It's not going
to be a non-story.

295
00:08:46,694 --> 00:08:48,161
Are you talking to me?

296
00:08:48,161 --> 00:08:49,697
No.

297
00:08:50,430 --> 00:08:51,832
Hey.

298
00:08:51,832 --> 00:08:53,533
CHARLIE:
Good morning,
Mr. President.

299
00:08:53,533 --> 00:08:55,435
Did the Celtics win
last night?

300
00:08:55,435 --> 00:08:56,937
Okay, when I say
did they win

301
00:08:56,937 --> 00:08:58,271
you can just
say yes or no.

302
00:08:58,271 --> 00:08:59,306
They got
pretty well crushed.

303
00:08:59,306 --> 00:09:00,574
What are you doing?

304
00:09:00,574 --> 00:09:01,775
I'm sorry, sir,
I had a few minutes.

305
00:09:01,775 --> 00:09:03,310
I'm not on you.
I'm just asking.

306
00:09:03,310 --> 00:09:05,879
I'm making notes for a final
in Modern American History--

307
00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:07,815
Consumer Movements
in Late 20th Century America.

308
00:09:07,815 --> 00:09:09,282
Modern American
History sucks.

309
00:09:09,282 --> 00:09:10,751
I had a hunch.

310
00:09:10,751 --> 00:09:12,385
You want to
study history,
study the Crusades

311
00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:15,288
the fall of the Roman Empire
from Theodosius to Justinian.

312
00:09:15,288 --> 00:09:16,323
The Visigoths.

313
00:09:16,323 --> 00:09:17,891
Damn right,
the Visigoths.

314
00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,593
Modern history's
another name
for television.

315
00:09:19,593 --> 00:09:20,694
Yes, sir.

316
00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:22,229
Is there any
way I can help?

317
00:09:22,229 --> 00:09:23,396
No, thank you, sir.

318
00:09:23,396 --> 00:09:24,564
I'm a master of
modern history.

319
00:09:24,564 --> 00:09:25,799
You can ask
me anything.

320
00:09:25,799 --> 00:09:28,135
What year did we pass
the Clean Water Act?

321
00:09:28,135 --> 00:09:29,169
I don't know.

322
00:09:29,169 --> 00:09:30,270
Okay.

323
00:09:30,270 --> 00:09:31,471
Good morning.

324
00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:32,673
They said
you needed to see me.

325
00:09:32,673 --> 00:09:33,707
Yeah.
What's going on?

326
00:09:33,707 --> 00:09:34,742
I'm going
to tell you.

327
00:09:34,742 --> 00:09:36,243
Good morning, Mr. President.

328
00:09:36,243 --> 00:09:37,277
Hey.

329
00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:38,445
Sir,
at this moment

330
00:09:38,445 --> 00:09:40,247
we're waiting to hear
from the UK

331
00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:42,616
on confirmation
of a test for Mad Cow.

332
00:09:42,616 --> 00:09:44,084
Oh, man, they got it again?

333
00:09:44,084 --> 00:09:46,954
No, sir,
I mean a U.S. case.

334
00:09:51,659 --> 00:09:53,393
A U.S. case?

335
00:09:53,393 --> 00:09:56,096
Yeah. Right now, it's what's
called a presumptive positive.

336
00:09:56,096 --> 00:09:58,632
England will come back
with definitive results in...

337
00:09:58,632 --> 00:10:00,300
How long?
In 72 hours.

338
00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,903
Do we say anything
in the meantime?

339
00:10:02,903 --> 00:10:04,504
That's my question.

340
00:10:04,504 --> 00:10:05,372
That's why
you're here.

341
00:10:05,372 --> 00:10:06,707
I think we have to.

342
00:10:06,707 --> 00:10:08,041
I put the secretary
in the briefing room

343
00:10:08,041 --> 00:10:09,710
with experts
from the University of Maryland

344
00:10:09,710 --> 00:10:12,012
the National Cattlemen's
Beef Association.

345
00:10:12,012 --> 00:10:13,814
They lay out the facts,
soften up the ground.

346
00:10:13,814 --> 00:10:15,683
No. In three days,
we'll have our facts straight.

347
00:10:15,683 --> 00:10:16,583
We can make
a full disclosure.

348
00:10:16,583 --> 00:10:17,685
But meanwhile...

349
00:10:17,685 --> 00:10:19,319
Meanwhile,
the USDA takes the time

350
00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:21,521
for tracing, checking feed logs,
herd movements.

351
00:10:21,521 --> 00:10:22,656
We don't know
how many herds

352
00:10:22,656 --> 00:10:24,424
are going to have
to be quarantined.

353
00:10:24,424 --> 00:10:26,493
We also don't know
how many people know
about this already.

354
00:10:26,493 --> 00:10:28,261
Nobody knows.
There's at least
a rancher who knows.

355
00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:30,030
The labs in Iowa
and England, the USDA...

356
00:10:30,030 --> 00:10:31,999
They're our labs in Iowa,
and the rancher

357
00:10:31,999 --> 00:10:33,200
doesn't have
any interest

358
00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:34,868
in telling the world
his cattle are sick.

359
00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:37,304
Yeah, we got to wait.

360
00:10:37,304 --> 00:10:38,238
Sir...

361
00:10:38,238 --> 00:10:39,439
The second we
say positive

362
00:10:39,439 --> 00:10:40,708
beef futures
collapse

363
00:10:40,708 --> 00:10:42,409
and we lose 3.6 billion
in beef exports;

364
00:10:42,409 --> 00:10:45,378
fast food is deserted,
supermarkets pull beef,
it's panic.

365
00:10:45,378 --> 00:10:47,480
I want to talk to
some more people

366
00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,816
but in the meantime, we wait.

367
00:10:48,816 --> 00:10:49,983
Thank you, sir.

368
00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:51,418
Thank you, Mr. President.

369
00:10:51,418 --> 00:10:53,453
Want to see panic?

370
00:10:53,453 --> 00:10:54,955
Hang on.

371
00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:58,726
You want
to see panic?

372
00:10:58,726 --> 00:11:00,327
Let the story break
on CNN.

373
00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:02,129
Waiting buys us
time to get some
reassuring answers.

374
00:11:02,129 --> 00:11:03,630
I don't know
how many more times

375
00:11:03,630 --> 00:11:05,165
we can get caught
keeping a secret.

376
00:11:05,165 --> 00:11:07,034
Sometimes that's what
we're supposed to do.

377
00:11:07,034 --> 00:11:08,836
All right.

378
00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,403
Thanks.

379
00:11:10,403 --> 00:11:12,239
Listen.

380
00:11:12,239 --> 00:11:13,406
Yeah?

381
00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:14,574
Not for nothing,

382
00:11:14,574 --> 00:11:15,909
but three weeks ago

383
00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:17,878
a woman in Qumar
was executed for adultery.

384
00:11:17,878 --> 00:11:20,180
She didn't need a lawyer,
'cause there wasn't any trial.

385
00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:22,049
It was her husband's word
against hers.

386
00:11:22,049 --> 00:11:24,017
Yeah.
Later today, I'm
going to be announcing

387
00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:26,086
that we're selling them
tanks and guns.

388
00:11:27,587 --> 00:11:28,989
Okay.

389
00:11:45,172 --> 00:11:46,940
SECRETARY:
Amy should
be with you

390
00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:48,708
in just a minute.
Thanks.

391
00:11:54,314 --> 00:11:56,283
This is interesting art
on the walls.

392
00:11:56,283 --> 00:11:59,719
A lot of very strong women
who could hurt me.

393
00:11:59,719 --> 00:12:01,321
Only if you provoke them.

394
00:12:01,321 --> 00:12:03,456
You know, I'm
sure she's busy
with something

395
00:12:03,456 --> 00:12:05,926
very important, or she
wouldn't make you wait.

396
00:12:08,796 --> 00:12:10,931
Special J.

397
00:12:10,931 --> 00:12:12,499
Amy.
Thanks for waiting.

398
00:12:12,499 --> 00:12:14,067
I was playing a little Nintendo.

399
00:12:14,067 --> 00:12:16,003
( chuckles ):
Yeah.
I'm kidding-- I was

400
00:12:16,003 --> 00:12:17,337
on a conference call.

401
00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:18,371
You want anything?

402
00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:21,775
Coke? Pepsi?
Shrimp cocktail?

403
00:12:21,775 --> 00:12:24,011
Uh, no.

404
00:12:24,011 --> 00:12:25,212
How you been?

405
00:12:25,212 --> 00:12:26,246
Good.

406
00:12:26,246 --> 00:12:27,680
Good.

407
00:12:27,680 --> 00:12:29,449
You know what this is?

408
00:12:29,449 --> 00:12:32,152
A map of global trafficking
in prostitution?

409
00:12:32,152 --> 00:12:34,321
Yeah, you know
who drew it?

410
00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:35,823
Amerigo Vespucci?

411
00:12:35,823 --> 00:12:36,924
No, but that's funny, J.

412
00:12:36,924 --> 00:12:38,291
It was your
State Department.

413
00:12:38,291 --> 00:12:40,193
It's your State Department,
too, Amy.

414
00:12:40,193 --> 00:12:42,329
Yeah, a little more
yours than mine.

415
00:12:42,329 --> 00:12:44,164
Yeah, every time
you write a letter

416
00:12:44,164 --> 00:12:45,966
to the First Lady,
she gets into gear

417
00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:48,101
because she feels guilty
that she's not doing

418
00:12:48,101 --> 00:12:50,003
enough for women.
She's not doing
enough for women.

419
00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:51,004
What would you like?

420
00:12:51,004 --> 00:12:52,572
I'm glad you asked.

421
00:12:52,572 --> 00:12:54,274
Not half as glad as I am.

422
00:12:54,274 --> 00:12:55,976
The current draft
of the document says

423
00:12:55,976 --> 00:12:57,878
only forced prostitution
and not other types

424
00:12:57,878 --> 00:12:59,412
of prostitution
is sexual exploitation.

425
00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,214
Yes.
What about someone
who answers an ad

426
00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,350
for an au pair and ends up
working a 15-hour shift

427
00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:05,785
in a whorehouse, where they're
held hostage and can never pay

428
00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:07,120
off their debt?
Yeah...

429
00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:08,822
That's not the
worst case scenario.

430
00:13:08,822 --> 00:13:10,557
The worst case scenario
was five days ago

431
00:13:10,557 --> 00:13:12,592
when four 13-year-old
Thai girls were found

432
00:13:12,592 --> 00:13:14,862
having hanged themselves
in an abandoned house

433
00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:16,329
on Stonycrest Lane
in Bethesda.

434
00:13:16,329 --> 00:13:18,098
Yeah.
Not halfway around
the world, Bethesda.

435
00:13:18,098 --> 00:13:19,232
There were sheets
over the windows,

436
00:13:19,232 --> 00:13:20,667
triple locks
on the doors,

437
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,535
no phones, handcuffs
hanging off the bedposts.

438
00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:24,404
For the price of
a four-slice toaster

439
00:13:24,404 --> 00:13:26,706
their parents had
sold them to work
as baby-sitters.

440
00:13:26,706 --> 00:13:29,809
How is that not
forced prostitution?

441
00:13:29,809 --> 00:13:32,012
I've got a whole
floor full of
lawyers who...

442
00:13:32,012 --> 00:13:34,181
In the last, in the
last two years

443
00:13:34,181 --> 00:13:36,783
100,000 women--
and by women
I'm including

444
00:13:36,783 --> 00:13:39,686
girls who should
be playing with
Easy-Bake Ovens--

445
00:13:39,686 --> 00:13:42,155
100,000 in the
last two years
were brought here

446
00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:43,857
and forced to work
as prostitutes.

447
00:13:43,857 --> 00:13:46,026
You know how many
of these cases
we've prosecuted?

448
00:13:46,026 --> 00:13:47,694
Not enough.

449
00:13:47,694 --> 00:13:50,463
250. You guys are about to go
to Vienna and make it harder

450
00:13:50,463 --> 00:13:52,799
so, yeah, I dropped
the First Lady a note.

451
00:13:52,799 --> 00:13:55,903
What the hell are those?

452
00:13:55,903 --> 00:13:57,938
Those are balloon animals.

453
00:13:57,938 --> 00:13:58,939
I'm sorry?

454
00:13:58,939 --> 00:14:00,340
They're balloon animals.

455
00:14:00,340 --> 00:14:02,075
I have nephews who
like balloon animals,

456
00:14:02,075 --> 00:14:03,510
so I got someone
to teach me.

457
00:14:03,510 --> 00:14:04,677
Are they abstract?

458
00:14:04,677 --> 00:14:05,979
I'm a beginner.

459
00:14:05,979 --> 00:14:07,747
We can't drop the word.

460
00:14:07,747 --> 00:14:08,982
Why?
Because we're not

461
00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:10,217
the only ones living
in the world.

462
00:14:10,217 --> 00:14:11,484
Prostitution is legal
in Germany,

463
00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:12,552
Turkey, the Netherlands

464
00:14:12,552 --> 00:14:14,054
and if we alienate
these countries...

465
00:14:14,054 --> 00:14:15,622
So, they don't sign the treaty.

466
00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:17,524
The more countries who sign it,
the more effective it is.

467
00:14:17,524 --> 00:14:19,927
The more toothless a treaty is,
the more toothless it is.

468
00:14:19,927 --> 00:14:22,029
That's a permeating syllogism,
to be sure.

469
00:14:22,029 --> 00:14:23,630
Hey, I'm not screwing around.

470
00:14:23,630 --> 00:14:25,832
The women's vote isn't just
half your constituency.

471
00:14:25,832 --> 00:14:27,367
It's the entire
margin of victory.

472
00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,236
Who else you
going to vote for?
I don't know,

473
00:14:29,236 --> 00:14:31,038
but in the meantime,
I don't think

474
00:14:31,038 --> 00:14:32,339
you've appointed
enough women

475
00:14:32,339 --> 00:14:34,074
to the Federal
bench, so...
Amy?

476
00:14:34,074 --> 00:14:35,875
Yeah, we'll hold up
your other nominations.

477
00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:38,545
I didn't burn
my bras, J.

478
00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:41,181
In fact, I like my bras.

479
00:14:41,181 --> 00:14:43,450
I ring your bell
when it's important.

480
00:14:45,452 --> 00:14:46,987
All right.

481
00:14:49,022 --> 00:14:51,091
Would you get back to me
before the end of the day

482
00:14:51,091 --> 00:14:52,559
and let me know where we are?

483
00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:54,394
Yeah.

484
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:55,628
Thank you.

485
00:14:55,628 --> 00:15:00,133
The art around here scares
the hell out of me.

486
00:15:00,133 --> 00:15:02,369
That's what it's supposed to do.

487
00:15:13,947 --> 00:15:16,849
Good morning.
Thanks for waiting.

488
00:15:16,849 --> 00:15:18,185
How are you, Toby?
Evan Woodkirk.

489
00:15:18,185 --> 00:15:19,019
Good to see you.

490
00:15:19,019 --> 00:15:20,287
Mary Klein.

491
00:15:20,287 --> 00:15:22,755
And tell me why
I'm talking to you.

492
00:15:22,755 --> 00:15:24,591
The Smithsonian
is opening an
exhibit marking

493
00:15:24,591 --> 00:15:26,359
the 60th anniversary
of Pearl Harbor.

494
00:15:26,359 --> 00:15:29,262
And why is that making
veterans unhappy?

495
00:15:29,262 --> 00:15:30,930
Well, let's be clear.

496
00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:33,366
The USF is a
very small group--
maybe 2,000 members--

497
00:15:33,366 --> 00:15:35,335
and only 30 of them were
going to be attending.

498
00:15:35,335 --> 00:15:37,137
They're not attending anymore.
They're boycotting.

499
00:15:37,137 --> 00:15:38,705
It's not like we're

500
00:15:38,705 --> 00:15:41,108
not going to be able to fill
those 30 seats at the opening.

501
00:15:41,108 --> 00:15:42,009
We don't see it as a problem.

502
00:15:42,009 --> 00:15:43,476
Well, the President's

503
00:15:43,476 --> 00:15:45,478
speaking at the opening,
so, it's a bit of a problem

504
00:15:45,478 --> 00:15:47,247
'cause these guys
aren't going to keep

505
00:15:47,247 --> 00:15:48,515
their unhappiness
to themselves--

506
00:15:48,515 --> 00:15:50,050
I don't care if there
are 2,000 or 20--

507
00:15:50,050 --> 00:15:51,284
and I don't want the President

508
00:15:51,284 --> 00:15:52,652
where there are
pissed-off veterans.

509
00:15:52,652 --> 00:15:54,221
They have nothing to
be concerned about.

510
00:15:54,221 --> 00:15:55,955
Tell me what they're
going to tell me

511
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,458
when I meet with them
this afternoon.
They'll tell you

512
00:15:58,458 --> 00:16:01,394
they're troubled by
the commentary on the
propaganda posters.

513
00:16:01,394 --> 00:16:02,529
Which is?

514
00:16:02,529 --> 00:16:03,430
Sorry?

515
00:16:03,430 --> 00:16:04,397
The commentary.

516
00:16:04,397 --> 00:16:05,898
These were
fear-inspiring posters.

517
00:16:05,898 --> 00:16:07,067
They were incredibly racist.

518
00:16:07,067 --> 00:16:09,002
And you say so
in the commentary?

519
00:16:09,002 --> 00:16:10,370
In so
many words.
Yeah?

520
00:16:10,370 --> 00:16:12,705
Toby, "The Sowers"
portrays the Japanese

521
00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:16,409
as hulking barbarians tossing
human skulls onto the ground.

522
00:16:16,409 --> 00:16:19,046
How about the exhibit titled
"America's Vengeance?"

523
00:16:19,046 --> 00:16:21,214
So you've reviewed
the material?

524
00:16:21,214 --> 00:16:23,350
"Vengeance" is pretty
provocative, don't you think

525
00:16:23,350 --> 00:16:25,118
especially when followed
by the burnt contents

526
00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:26,353
of a child's lunch box?

527
00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:28,188
Of course,
I've reviewed the material.

528
00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:29,322
( knocking at door )

529
00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:30,890
Excuse me,
I'm sorry.

530
00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:32,059
Do you have
a moment?

531
00:16:32,059 --> 00:16:33,193
Yeah.

532
00:16:39,432 --> 00:16:41,601
I want you to get
with C.J. when you can.

533
00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:42,902
Sure, why?

534
00:16:42,902 --> 00:16:46,506
A lab in the UK is going
to let us know in 72 hours

535
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:50,310
if the first U.S. case of Mad
Cow is in Nebraska right now.

536
00:16:50,310 --> 00:16:52,112
We got a presumptive
positive on...

537
00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:53,380
72 hours?

538
00:16:53,380 --> 00:16:55,215
Yeah.

539
00:16:55,215 --> 00:16:56,816
We should keep it
to ourselves.

540
00:16:56,816 --> 00:16:58,418
That's what I think.

541
00:16:58,418 --> 00:17:00,153
C.J. disagrees
and the President
wants to hear more.

542
00:17:00,153 --> 00:17:01,188
Okay.

543
00:17:01,188 --> 00:17:02,389
Thanks.

544
00:17:04,757 --> 00:17:05,758
Leo?

545
00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,194
Yeah.

546
00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:09,162
You know, the President's
being sued, right?

547
00:17:09,162 --> 00:17:10,230
I'm sorry?

548
00:17:10,230 --> 00:17:11,531
The President's
being sued.

549
00:17:11,531 --> 00:17:13,533
Oh, the guy from the
Planet Zanzibar.

550
00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:14,501
Xanadu, no.

551
00:17:14,501 --> 00:17:15,168
The seat belts.

552
00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:16,336
Yeah, I saw.

553
00:17:16,336 --> 00:17:17,704
That's not going
to be anything.

554
00:17:17,704 --> 00:17:19,306
The Washington Times
is running it

555
00:17:19,306 --> 00:17:21,341
under "Bartlet Accused
of Contributory Negligence."

556
00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:23,876
I didn't think The
Washington Times

557
00:17:23,876 --> 00:17:25,112
could spell all those words.

558
00:17:25,112 --> 00:17:26,446
Yeah. A29,
above the fold.

559
00:17:26,446 --> 00:17:28,081
There's a fold
that deep in the paper?

560
00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:29,516
Look, after three,
four, five days

561
00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:31,151
it's going to be
picked up by the Post

562
00:17:31,151 --> 00:17:32,185
and The New York Times.

563
00:17:32,185 --> 00:17:32,952
Let's be ahead of it.

564
00:17:32,952 --> 00:17:34,187
How?

565
00:17:34,187 --> 00:17:35,722
We come out for
a national seat belt law.

566
00:17:35,722 --> 00:17:37,657
National seat belt law's
never going to happen.

567
00:17:37,657 --> 00:17:39,259
Why?

568
00:17:39,259 --> 00:17:41,828
What's the most important
state in the primaries?
New Hampshire.

569
00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:43,996
What's the most important
state in the general?
Michigan.

570
00:17:43,996 --> 00:17:46,333
What's the only state without
a mandatory seat belt law?

571
00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:47,534
New Hampshire.

572
00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:48,835
And where do they
make the cars?

573
00:17:48,835 --> 00:17:49,902
Fair enough.

574
00:17:49,902 --> 00:17:52,172
Can I explore it?

575
00:17:52,172 --> 00:17:54,607
In fact, go ahead and
knock yourself out.

576
00:17:54,607 --> 00:17:55,908
Yeah.

577
00:17:55,908 --> 00:17:57,310
It's bluster.

578
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:58,978
The appointments aren't
going to be held up.

579
00:17:58,978 --> 00:18:00,147
At least not
by Lady Godiva.

580
00:18:00,147 --> 00:18:01,514
Tell me she wasn't
bare-breasted,

581
00:18:01,514 --> 00:18:03,316
at least outside
your imagination.

582
00:18:03,316 --> 00:18:05,318
Yeah, no, she was, yeah.

583
00:18:05,318 --> 00:18:07,287
I'm saying,
if she wants to front off

584
00:18:07,287 --> 00:18:09,289
it's not like there's
a moral imperative

585
00:18:09,289 --> 00:18:10,990
for the White House
to get behind... what?

586
00:18:10,990 --> 00:18:12,592
Equity...

587
00:18:12,592 --> 00:18:14,594
Equity in Insurance
Coverage for
Contraception

588
00:18:14,594 --> 00:18:16,163
or whatever it is
the ladies want.

589
00:18:16,163 --> 00:18:17,664
More money for sewing notions
and whatnot.

590
00:18:17,664 --> 00:18:19,899
Suffrage, for instance,
and the right to smoke.

591
00:18:19,899 --> 00:18:21,201
If she wants to throw heat

592
00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:22,769
we can hold off a
few months' backing

593
00:18:22,769 --> 00:18:24,537
for the Child Support
Enforcement Act.

594
00:18:24,537 --> 00:18:25,905
But you don't
want to do that.

595
00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:27,574
Of course, I don't want
to do that, Donna.

596
00:18:27,574 --> 00:18:29,075
I'm a friend of
the working mom.

597
00:18:29,075 --> 00:18:30,610
You want her to have
sewing notions.

598
00:18:30,610 --> 00:18:31,378
I do.

599
00:18:31,378 --> 00:18:32,479
Can I ask you something?

600
00:18:32,479 --> 00:18:33,913
Yeah.

601
00:18:33,913 --> 00:18:35,948
Do you think it's possible
there's a broader point?

602
00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,016
No.

603
00:18:37,016 --> 00:18:38,251
Why?

604
00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:39,652
What?

605
00:18:39,652 --> 00:18:42,021
That leaving the word
"forced" in the treaty

606
00:18:42,021 --> 00:18:43,390
condones consensual
prostitution.

607
00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:44,724
That's ridiculous.

608
00:18:44,724 --> 00:18:46,259
I'm saying it can
be spun that way.

609
00:18:46,259 --> 00:18:47,760
That we condone
prostitution?

610
00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:48,828
Yeah.

611
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:49,862
It can't be spun that way.

612
00:18:49,862 --> 00:18:51,030
Okay.

613
00:18:51,030 --> 00:18:51,864
You think it can?

614
00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:53,866
I just did.

615
00:18:53,866 --> 00:18:55,535
All right.

616
00:18:55,535 --> 00:18:59,572
All right, would you check
if C.J.'s in her office?

617
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:02,309
Toby, it's not like
the entire exhibit
is anti-American.

618
00:19:02,309 --> 00:19:05,712
Hang on, it's not like
any of the exhibit is
anti-American.

619
00:19:05,712 --> 00:19:07,380
And I can't believe
I have to have

620
00:19:07,380 --> 00:19:09,015
this conversation with
you, of all people.

621
00:19:09,015 --> 00:19:11,684
Well, I don't know what
"me of all people" means, but...

622
00:19:11,684 --> 00:19:13,085
Aren't you the
one always standing

623
00:19:13,085 --> 00:19:14,287
by the NEA when...
I'm not.

624
00:19:14,287 --> 00:19:15,121
This is different
from the NEA.

625
00:19:15,121 --> 00:19:16,423
How?
It is.

626
00:19:16,423 --> 00:19:18,024
For one thing,
the President's being asked

627
00:19:18,024 --> 00:19:20,059
to speak, which is
the only reason I can have you

628
00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:21,228
sitting here
in the first place.

629
00:19:21,228 --> 00:19:23,029
Listen, uh...
something's come up

630
00:19:23,029 --> 00:19:24,531
and I'm done,
if you're done, so...

631
00:19:24,531 --> 00:19:26,433
We appreciate
your time.
I appreciate yours.

632
00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:28,134
Can I call later today?

633
00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,402
Please.

634
00:19:32,439 --> 00:19:34,006
( sighs )
Yeah.

635
00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:35,408
How you doing?
Fine.

636
00:19:35,408 --> 00:19:36,843
So, I just came
from seeing Amy Gardner.

637
00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:38,077
Yeah, how'd it go?

638
00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:39,279
Well, I showed
her who's boss.

639
00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,380
Who'd it turn out to be?

640
00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:41,514
It's still unclear

641
00:19:41,514 --> 00:19:43,015
but let me ask
you something.

642
00:19:43,015 --> 00:19:44,183
The U.N. treaty, Vienna--

643
00:19:44,183 --> 00:19:45,485
if we have
to make a to-do

644
00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:47,320
about it being
"forced" prostitution,

645
00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:48,821
isn't there a chance
it can be spun

646
00:19:48,821 --> 00:19:50,657
that we're condoning
prostitution?

647
00:19:50,657 --> 00:19:51,491
Yeah.

648
00:19:51,491 --> 00:19:52,325
How much of a chance?

649
00:19:52,325 --> 00:19:53,893
It'll happen.

650
00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,628
'Cause Amy'll
make it happen.
Yeah.

651
00:19:55,628 --> 00:19:58,030
Well, this is a
whole new thing then.

652
00:19:58,030 --> 00:19:59,832
Leo told me.

653
00:19:59,832 --> 00:20:00,933
Close the door.

654
00:20:00,933 --> 00:20:02,201
Told you what?

655
00:20:02,201 --> 00:20:05,272
C.J.:
Close the door.

656
00:20:05,272 --> 00:20:06,473
There was a presumptive

657
00:20:06,473 --> 00:20:08,140
positive on some cattle
in Nebraska.

658
00:20:08,140 --> 00:20:09,342
What does that mean?

659
00:20:09,342 --> 00:20:11,611
We have to wait
72 hours for a test.

660
00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:13,280
Are you talking
about a disease?
Yeah.

661
00:20:13,280 --> 00:20:14,247
You're kidding me.
No.

662
00:20:14,247 --> 00:20:15,415
Mad Cow?
Yeah.

663
00:20:15,415 --> 00:20:17,884
Oh, my God,
you're kidding me.

664
00:20:17,884 --> 00:20:19,452
Really, no.

665
00:20:19,452 --> 00:20:20,720
Well, I guess if
the door's closed,

666
00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,389
we're not saying
anything yet.

667
00:20:22,389 --> 00:20:24,090
Well, that's what we're supposed
to talk about.

668
00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:25,492
What do you think?

669
00:20:25,492 --> 00:20:27,994
You know, we have
an extra $1.5 billion

670
00:20:27,994 --> 00:20:29,362
we weren't counting on?

671
00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:30,463
What?

672
00:20:30,463 --> 00:20:32,299
There's an extra
$1.5 billion.

673
00:20:32,299 --> 00:20:33,700
In Qumar,
when a woman gets raped,

674
00:20:33,700 --> 00:20:35,268
she'll generally get beaten

675
00:20:35,268 --> 00:20:37,169
by her husband and sons
as a punishment,

676
00:20:37,169 --> 00:20:38,838
so, at some point,
we should talk

677
00:20:38,838 --> 00:20:41,541
about how to spend the $1.5
billion they're giving us.

678
00:20:45,312 --> 00:20:46,546
Okay, so...

679
00:20:46,546 --> 00:20:48,515
should we tell anybody?

680
00:20:55,888 --> 00:20:57,357
This is where the
Federal Government

681
00:20:57,357 --> 00:20:58,991
forces localities
to do stuff

682
00:20:58,991 --> 00:21:01,227
but isn't at all
interested in
paying the bill.

683
00:21:01,227 --> 00:21:02,529
Don't give me
their grumbles.

684
00:21:02,529 --> 00:21:04,063
According to
Frank Segal

685
00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:07,033
Danville, Virginia,
with a population
of 55,000

686
00:21:07,033 --> 00:21:08,735
spent 13,800
staff hours

687
00:21:08,735 --> 00:21:10,202
and $176,000

688
00:21:10,202 --> 00:21:12,672
complying with the Americans
with Disabilities Act.

689
00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:13,940
Are employees in wheelchairs

690
00:21:13,940 --> 00:21:15,375
supposed to work
in the parking lot?

691
00:21:15,375 --> 00:21:16,443
No, sir.

692
00:21:16,443 --> 00:21:17,944
Segal thinks
it's unfair

693
00:21:17,944 --> 00:21:19,779
that the Federal
Government...
Yeah, yeah.

694
00:21:19,779 --> 00:21:21,814
How much would it cost
the Federal Government

695
00:21:21,814 --> 00:21:23,683
to amend
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

696
00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:25,318
to cover all unfunded mandates?

697
00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:26,619
Tens of billions,
I would think.

698
00:21:26,619 --> 00:21:28,020
Let's find out
for sure

699
00:21:28,020 --> 00:21:29,722
and then tell Segal
to sit down and shut up.

700
00:21:29,722 --> 00:21:31,190
Yes, sir.
Anything else?

701
00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:32,859
No.

702
00:21:32,859 --> 00:21:34,327
Thank you,
Mr. President.

703
00:21:34,327 --> 00:21:35,795
Thank you,
Mr. President.

704
00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:49,308
So paint a picture for me,
would you?

705
00:21:49,308 --> 00:21:51,177
We find the source
of the problem

706
00:21:51,177 --> 00:21:52,812
which will be the feed.

707
00:21:52,812 --> 00:21:54,914
We buy the cattle
and slaughter them.

708
00:21:54,914 --> 00:21:56,383
How many?

709
00:21:56,383 --> 00:21:57,617
Tens of thousands.

710
00:21:57,617 --> 00:21:59,118
That's the live cattle.

711
00:21:59,118 --> 00:22:00,420
What about the beef?

712
00:22:00,420 --> 00:22:02,221
Well, FSIS'll do
a Class 1 recall

713
00:22:02,221 --> 00:22:04,857
and get it off the shelves,
not that they need to.

714
00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:07,360
Nobody's going to buy beef
for a couple of years.

715
00:22:07,360 --> 00:22:09,028
That's a $150 billion industry.

716
00:22:09,028 --> 00:22:11,431
What's the West going
to do for a living?

717
00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:13,400
Well, this generation
of ranchers is done.

718
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,967
They won't get back
on their feet.

719
00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:16,736
People have known
about this disease.

720
00:22:16,736 --> 00:22:18,905
They're still eating beef
in record numbers.

721
00:22:18,905 --> 00:22:20,840
That's 'cause it's been on
the other side of the ocean.

722
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:22,875
Once we announce
a positive,

723
00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:26,413
steak houses are done,
fast food is done.

724
00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:27,747
And then the corn
and soybean growers, right?

725
00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:31,150
The dominoes don't end on this.

726
00:22:31,150 --> 00:22:32,585
Any good news?

727
00:22:32,585 --> 00:22:34,120
For fishermen.

728
00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:38,858
So we've got frightened parents,
rising food prices,

729
00:22:38,858 --> 00:22:41,528
public panic,
massive layoffs

730
00:22:41,528 --> 00:22:43,763
and something we've never
worried about before--

731
00:22:43,763 --> 00:22:46,132
we're wondering when the next
case is going to happen.

732
00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:48,334
The most
costly disruptions?
Yeah?

733
00:22:48,334 --> 00:22:51,571
Always happen when something
we take completely for granted

734
00:22:51,571 --> 00:22:53,272
stops working for a minute.

735
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:54,574
Yeah.

736
00:22:54,574 --> 00:22:56,476
( sighing )

737
00:22:56,476 --> 00:22:57,910
Okay.

738
00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,312
Thank you,
Mr. President.

739
00:23:00,312 --> 00:23:03,082
Oh, hey, do you know when we
passed the Clean Water Act?

740
00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:04,016
No.

741
00:23:04,016 --> 00:23:05,552
How could you
not know that?

742
00:23:05,552 --> 00:23:07,319
My water's clean.
I don't ask questions.

743
00:23:07,319 --> 00:23:08,521
What'd I just say?

744
00:23:08,521 --> 00:23:09,889
I wasn't really listening.

745
00:23:09,889 --> 00:23:10,923
All right.

746
00:23:10,923 --> 00:23:11,824
Thank you.

747
00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:16,062
Yes, sir?

748
00:23:16,062 --> 00:23:17,964
Nope, nothing.

749
00:23:22,535 --> 00:23:24,070
You sure there's
nothing you need?

750
00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:25,137
No.

751
00:23:31,043 --> 00:23:32,344
You know, Charlie...

752
00:23:32,344 --> 00:23:33,880
Yeah.

753
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:35,915
...history can't be reduced
to dates and names.

754
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,417
Well, I'm pretty sure
this final can.

755
00:23:38,417 --> 00:23:41,954
Nah, I'm starting you out
with a copy of the speech

756
00:23:41,954 --> 00:23:44,624
George Perkins Marsh
used in 1845

757
00:23:44,624 --> 00:23:47,093
to rouse the agricultural
community of Rutland, Vermont.

758
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:50,129
And then you're going to need
to study on the word "ecology"

759
00:23:50,129 --> 00:23:52,565
as coined by the German
biologist Ernst Haeckel.

760
00:23:52,565 --> 00:23:54,467
Am I being punished
for something?

761
00:23:54,467 --> 00:23:56,435
It's better in the
original German, of course

762
00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:57,937
but obviously the
translation'll be fine.

763
00:23:57,937 --> 00:23:59,071
Good.

764
00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:00,072
SAM:
Hey.

765
00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,240
Sam.

766
00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:02,675
Sam, how you doing?

767
00:24:02,675 --> 00:24:04,977
Good, good. Thanks for
coming down. Come on back.

768
00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:07,046
So, I got a funny joke
the President can do

769
00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:09,148
about telling people
not to wear seat belts.

770
00:24:09,148 --> 00:24:11,518
Well, he didn't tell people
not to wear their seat belts.

771
00:24:11,518 --> 00:24:13,319
He should say, "Maybe
I should go back

772
00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:14,386
to concealing
my health."

773
00:24:14,386 --> 00:24:15,622
That's a good one.

774
00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:17,256
He can use it
at the Rotary Club.

775
00:24:17,256 --> 00:24:19,559
By the way, Josh Lyman shouldn't
make jokes about Rotarians.

776
00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:20,727
They're good people.

777
00:24:20,727 --> 00:24:21,794
He feels bad
about that.

778
00:24:21,794 --> 00:24:23,195
They volunteer their time

779
00:24:23,195 --> 00:24:24,764
even though nobody's
got enough of it.

780
00:24:24,764 --> 00:24:26,065
He's going
to apologize.

781
00:24:26,065 --> 00:24:28,000
I'm a Rotarian,
my dad's a Rotarian.

782
00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:28,901
My dad's an Elk.

783
00:24:28,901 --> 00:24:30,469
Elks are okay.

784
00:24:30,469 --> 00:24:32,805
So, anticipating
this might become a thing

785
00:24:32,805 --> 00:24:36,075
I wanted to float the idea
of a national seat belt law.

786
00:24:36,075 --> 00:24:38,745
What's the Democratic
leadership going to say?

787
00:24:38,745 --> 00:24:39,946
They're going
to say no.

788
00:24:39,946 --> 00:24:41,981
Why?
First of all,
the Democratic

789
00:24:41,981 --> 00:24:44,116
leadership doesn't
do damage control
for the President.

790
00:24:44,116 --> 00:24:47,687
Well, you know, I think it's
about more than damage control.

791
00:24:47,687 --> 00:24:49,455
Only 68% of drivers
are wearing their seat belts.

792
00:24:49,455 --> 00:24:52,024
We get that up to 90%
and we save 5,000 lives a year.

793
00:24:52,024 --> 00:24:53,492
And if we get kids
to eat their spinach

794
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,061
they'll be as
strong as Popeye.

795
00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:56,829
We've done driver safety,
we've done food drives,

796
00:24:56,829 --> 00:24:58,497
we've done
physical fitness.
Who?

797
00:24:58,497 --> 00:25:01,100
The Rotary Club.
He really is going

798
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,268
to apologize, Tom.

799
00:25:02,268 --> 00:25:03,870
Sam...

800
00:25:03,870 --> 00:25:05,237
Look, secondary seat belt laws
don't work.

801
00:25:05,237 --> 00:25:06,639
You can only fine someone

802
00:25:06,639 --> 00:25:08,040
if you've stopped them
for something else.

803
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:09,776
Isn't it time for a tough law?

804
00:25:09,776 --> 00:25:12,278
To make up for a bonehead
comment at a fund-raiser?

805
00:25:12,278 --> 00:25:14,046
The governors don't like it.
It's Federalism run amok.

806
00:25:14,046 --> 00:25:15,915
The governors don't have
a vote in Congress.

807
00:25:15,915 --> 00:25:17,717
But the Congressmen do and they
won't vote for it, either.

808
00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:19,185
Okay, well, then, it was

809
00:25:19,185 --> 00:25:21,588
a shorter meeting than
I thought it was going to be.

810
00:25:21,588 --> 00:25:23,422
Thanks.

811
00:25:23,422 --> 00:25:27,093
You won't catch a Rotarian
not wearing his seat belt.

812
00:25:27,093 --> 00:25:28,360
An Elk, maybe.

813
00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,362
Yeah.

814
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:32,231
JOSH:
Yeah?
Leo's office
wanted you to know

815
00:25:32,231 --> 00:25:33,933
that the OMB's going to do
a quick report

816
00:25:33,933 --> 00:25:35,802
on expanding
unfunded mandates

817
00:25:35,802 --> 00:25:38,470
and it doesn't mean anything,
but they're doing it anyway.

818
00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:39,606
My tax dollars
hard at work.

819
00:25:39,606 --> 00:25:41,407
I'll be at my desk.

820
00:25:41,407 --> 00:25:43,342
Say, Donna,
you've worked
as a prostitute.
Yeah?

821
00:25:43,342 --> 00:25:44,143
Let's just say.

822
00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:45,244
Okay.

823
00:25:45,244 --> 00:25:47,179
Why should what you do
be against the law?

824
00:25:47,179 --> 00:25:49,949
Well, in this country,
you're not allowed
to buy and sell people.

825
00:25:49,949 --> 00:25:51,217
You're not selling yourself,
you're renting out your body.

826
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:52,752
You're not allowed
to do that, either.

827
00:25:52,752 --> 00:25:54,053
Don't fashion models
do it every day?

828
00:25:54,053 --> 00:25:55,421
It's different.

829
00:25:55,421 --> 00:25:57,256
It's only different
because we say it's different.

830
00:25:57,256 --> 00:25:59,391
When you get a massage, isn't it
just a matter of degrees?

831
00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,427
Lots of things are just
a matter of degrees.

832
00:26:01,427 --> 00:26:04,463
Wouldn't legalizing prostitution
allow women to unionize and get

833
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,899
access to social services
and health care benefits

834
00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:08,935
and create some control
over the industry?

835
00:26:08,935 --> 00:26:10,502
You think if you make
prostitution legal

836
00:26:10,502 --> 00:26:12,772
then prostitutes are going
to suddenly want everybody

837
00:26:12,772 --> 00:26:14,140
to know they're prostitutes?

838
00:26:14,140 --> 00:26:16,008
Hmm.

839
00:26:16,008 --> 00:26:17,243
What?

840
00:26:17,243 --> 00:26:18,845
The rare valid point.

841
00:26:18,845 --> 00:26:22,348
I'll be back
on my street corner.

842
00:26:22,348 --> 00:26:24,016
Okay, round two.

843
00:26:24,016 --> 00:26:26,085
I'm Toby Ziegler,
I'll be your referee.

844
00:26:26,085 --> 00:26:28,320
Toby, I'm Barney Lang,
National Commander.

845
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:29,922
We spoke on the phone.

846
00:26:29,922 --> 00:26:30,857
Yes.

847
00:26:30,857 --> 00:26:32,224
Please meet Ed Ramsey

848
00:26:32,224 --> 00:26:33,459
and Ronald Kruckshank.

849
00:26:33,459 --> 00:26:34,794
These are two

850
00:26:34,794 --> 00:26:36,528
of our regional directors.

851
00:26:36,528 --> 00:26:38,364
Welcome to the
White House.

852
00:26:38,364 --> 00:26:39,732
RONALD:
Been here before.

853
00:26:39,732 --> 00:26:42,902
My unit was invited
by Franklin Roosevelt.

854
00:26:42,902 --> 00:26:45,337
That chair used to be
over there.

855
00:26:45,337 --> 00:26:46,906
It's nice to meet you.

856
00:26:46,906 --> 00:26:48,775
BARNEY:
Toby, before
we get started

857
00:26:48,775 --> 00:26:50,643
could I hit you up
for a personal favor?

858
00:26:50,643 --> 00:26:53,545
I don't think the President's
available for pictures today,

859
00:26:53,545 --> 00:26:55,447
but I can check.

860
00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:57,249
No, it's my buddy, Arthur Holly.

861
00:26:57,249 --> 00:27:00,219
He's been in a wheelchair
'cause he lost his left leg

862
00:27:00,219 --> 00:27:02,154
and the wheelchair
is falling apart.

863
00:27:02,154 --> 00:27:05,057
We've been doing
a pretty good job
with duct tape,

864
00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:07,093
but the guy could
really use a new one

865
00:27:07,093 --> 00:27:09,361
and Medicaid is dragging
its feet on this.

866
00:27:09,361 --> 00:27:11,698
Leave me his information
on a piece of paper.

867
00:27:11,698 --> 00:27:13,733
I can make a phone call for you.

868
00:27:13,733 --> 00:27:15,534
I appreciate that, son.
Thank you.

869
00:27:15,534 --> 00:27:17,036
Okay.

870
00:27:17,036 --> 00:27:19,438
Tell me the one point
you find most offensive

871
00:27:19,438 --> 00:27:22,308
and would most like to see
pulled from the exhibit.

872
00:27:22,308 --> 00:27:23,743
Well, there are
a number of points.

873
00:27:23,743 --> 00:27:25,111
What's at the top of the list?

874
00:27:25,111 --> 00:27:26,512
The sections
that have

875
00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:28,080
the overreaching message

876
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,649
of a vengeful American
and a victimized Japan.

877
00:27:30,649 --> 00:27:31,951
Well, you don't
want to ignore

878
00:27:31,951 --> 00:27:33,619
the effects of the bomb.

879
00:27:33,619 --> 00:27:35,521
ED:
We don't want
to ignore facts,

880
00:27:35,521 --> 00:27:37,323
but in that particular case,

881
00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:40,326
we don't agree
with their version of the facts.

882
00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:41,794
The 63,000?

883
00:27:41,794 --> 00:27:43,996
They say 63,000
American lives

884
00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:46,766
would've been lost
if we'd invaded.

885
00:27:46,766 --> 00:27:49,869
Marshall told Truman
that a ground offensive

886
00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:52,905
would take the lives
of at least 250,000.

887
00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:54,506
Well, there's some evidence
to suggest

888
00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:55,975
that Marshall told Truman that

889
00:27:55,975 --> 00:27:58,377
and some estimates
say 150,000.

890
00:27:58,377 --> 00:28:00,279
Some say 268,000.

891
00:28:00,279 --> 00:28:02,081
There are discrepancies.

892
00:28:02,081 --> 00:28:04,050
I didn't see you there.

893
00:28:04,050 --> 00:28:05,885
This is C.J. Cregg.

894
00:28:05,885 --> 00:28:07,319
I'm Barney Lang.

895
00:28:07,319 --> 00:28:09,521
Ed Ramsey,
Ronald Kruckshank.

896
00:28:09,521 --> 00:28:11,057
Good to meet you.

897
00:28:11,057 --> 00:28:12,825
Uh, you need anything?

898
00:28:12,825 --> 00:28:15,094
I just came by to listen.

899
00:28:15,094 --> 00:28:17,563
Before I forget,
I want to put you
three in a room

900
00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:19,431
with the exhibit
directors from
the Smithsonian.

901
00:28:19,431 --> 00:28:20,566
Can I do it today?

902
00:28:20,566 --> 00:28:21,734
Sure.

903
00:28:21,734 --> 00:28:22,735
Stay by a phone.

904
00:28:22,735 --> 00:28:24,270
Okay.

905
00:28:24,270 --> 00:28:26,272
Can I interrupt
for a second, Toby?

906
00:28:26,272 --> 00:28:27,940
Yeah.

907
00:28:27,940 --> 00:28:29,341
( deep breath )

908
00:28:29,341 --> 00:28:32,011
Mr. Ramsey, I saw
on your information

909
00:28:32,011 --> 00:28:35,081
you were in
the Tenth Armored Division.

910
00:28:35,081 --> 00:28:37,083
Private First Class,
Tenth Armored Division,

911
00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:38,818
Third Army,
Second World War.

912
00:28:38,818 --> 00:28:41,220
You fought
in the Battle of the Bulge, sir.

913
00:28:41,220 --> 00:28:43,155
Yes, I did. My
unit broke through

914
00:28:43,155 --> 00:28:46,325
the German Seventh
Army's buffer,
which was critical

915
00:28:46,325 --> 00:28:47,393
in winning Bastogne.

916
00:28:47,393 --> 00:28:48,694
That was the moment

917
00:28:48,694 --> 00:28:50,662
we beat the Nazis
on the Western front.

918
00:28:50,662 --> 00:28:52,498
That was a hell of a moment.

919
00:28:52,498 --> 00:28:53,599
( chuckles )

920
00:28:53,599 --> 00:28:55,301
I have a granddaughter
like you.

921
00:28:55,301 --> 00:28:56,769
She's a chemist.

922
00:28:56,769 --> 00:28:58,570
Can I ask you
to imagine something?

923
00:28:58,570 --> 00:29:00,106
I suppose.

924
00:29:00,106 --> 00:29:05,011
Imagine if you weren't
as successful as you were.

925
00:29:05,011 --> 00:29:09,281
Imagine, say,
that Hitler had taken Antwerp

926
00:29:09,281 --> 00:29:11,217
and we'd lost the
Battle of the Bulge

927
00:29:11,217 --> 00:29:13,052
and Germany held
the Western front.

928
00:29:13,052 --> 00:29:15,021
BARNEY:
It wouldn't
have mattered.

929
00:29:15,021 --> 00:29:17,123
The Russians crushed them
on the Eastern front.

930
00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:18,858
They wouldn't have
won the war.

931
00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:20,359
No, but even if the Russians

932
00:29:20,359 --> 00:29:22,261
kicked them out of Poland,
Hungary, Bulgaria

933
00:29:22,261 --> 00:29:24,396
they could've held on to France,
maybe kept Italy.

934
00:29:24,396 --> 00:29:26,198
Certainly, they could've
defended Germany.

935
00:29:26,198 --> 00:29:28,400
Yeah.
Now it's six
decades later

936
00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,269
and while they didn't
conquer Europe

937
00:29:30,269 --> 00:29:32,504
the Nazis exist
as a recognized government

938
00:29:32,504 --> 00:29:34,807
in some small corner
of the European Union.

939
00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:36,775
That would never have happened.

940
00:29:36,775 --> 00:29:38,344
Really?

941
00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:39,879
They killed a quarter
of my unit.

942
00:29:39,879 --> 00:29:41,580
They killed a third
of my classmates

943
00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:44,616
from Erasmus
High School.

944
00:29:44,616 --> 00:29:45,684
We would never
have allowed...

945
00:29:45,684 --> 00:29:46,986
We did it in Cambodia.

946
00:29:46,986 --> 00:29:48,387
TOBY:
C.J., knock it off.

947
00:29:48,387 --> 00:29:50,489
You're protesting
because you think

948
00:29:50,489 --> 00:29:53,159
the Smithsonian isn't
paying proper respect

949
00:29:53,159 --> 00:29:54,927
to what you and the soldiers

950
00:29:54,927 --> 00:29:56,662
of the Tenth Armored,
Third Army,

951
00:29:56,662 --> 00:29:59,631
risked and lost your lives
for six decades ago.

952
00:29:59,631 --> 00:30:01,167
How would you feel,

953
00:30:01,167 --> 00:30:03,369
in the hypothetical
I just described,

954
00:30:03,369 --> 00:30:06,939
if I told you that at my press
briefing at the end of the day

955
00:30:06,939 --> 00:30:09,175
I was announcing
that we were selling tanks,

956
00:30:09,175 --> 00:30:11,410
missiles and fighter jets
to the Nazis?

957
00:30:11,410 --> 00:30:12,845
Excuse me.

958
00:30:12,845 --> 00:30:14,313
Step outside.

959
00:30:18,517 --> 00:30:20,386
( door closes )

960
00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:21,487
Look...

961
00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:23,422
You know,
if I was living in Qumar

962
00:30:23,422 --> 00:30:25,157
I wouldn't be allowed to say
"Shove it up your ass, Toby,"

963
00:30:25,157 --> 00:30:27,126
but since I'm not,
shove it up your ass, Toby.

964
00:30:40,472 --> 00:30:41,540
SAM:
Yes, sir.

965
00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:42,909
You hear about the lawyer

966
00:30:42,909 --> 00:30:44,510
who opened a chain
of dry cleaners?

967
00:30:44,510 --> 00:30:46,645
Press your lawsuit
while you wait?

968
00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:49,648
There was a better joke
in there someplace, right?

969
00:30:49,648 --> 00:30:50,849
Probably not.

970
00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:52,118
Sir...

971
00:30:52,118 --> 00:30:53,119
Doctrine of
Sovereign Immunity.

972
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:54,320
You can't sue the king.

973
00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:55,487
We brought it
over from England.

974
00:30:55,487 --> 00:30:56,355
Yeah, but he's not immune

975
00:30:56,355 --> 00:30:57,523
from the court
of public opinion.

976
00:30:57,523 --> 00:30:58,991
Forgot to bring
that one over.

977
00:30:58,991 --> 00:31:00,592
The RNC'll have
a press conference.

978
00:31:00,592 --> 00:31:02,895
The RNC has a press conference
when I sneeze.

979
00:31:02,895 --> 00:31:04,163
I think we need
to come out

980
00:31:04,163 --> 00:31:05,531
for a strong
national seat belt law.

981
00:31:05,531 --> 00:31:06,933
Congress won't pass it.

982
00:31:06,933 --> 00:31:08,367
I'm not saying we
need to have the law.

983
00:31:08,367 --> 00:31:10,102
I'm just saying we
need to come out for it.

984
00:31:10,102 --> 00:31:11,570
It'll end the question
of where you stand.

985
00:31:11,570 --> 00:31:12,771
People know where I stand.

986
00:31:12,771 --> 00:31:14,106
If they don't know,
they can ask me.

987
00:31:14,106 --> 00:31:15,507
You were governor
of New Hampshire, sir,

988
00:31:15,507 --> 00:31:16,242
the only state...

989
00:31:16,242 --> 00:31:17,676
And I was for it then.

990
00:31:17,676 --> 00:31:20,046
I never did anything about it
because nobody wanted it

991
00:31:20,046 --> 00:31:21,680
and, frankly,
why waste time and capital?

992
00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,150
C.J. will get asked about
it at the 5:00 briefing.

993
00:31:24,150 --> 00:31:25,584
I can't be responsible

994
00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:28,154
every time somebody irrationally
twists my meaning.

995
00:31:28,154 --> 00:31:30,189
People are responsible
for themselves.

996
00:31:30,189 --> 00:31:32,491
Today's cars are safer
than they've ever been.

997
00:31:32,491 --> 00:31:35,027
They've all got airbags,
they've all got seat belts,

998
00:31:35,027 --> 00:31:37,363
and they're all crash tested
from here to Tuesday.

999
00:31:37,363 --> 00:31:39,498
All that's left is personal
behavior and bad luck,

1000
00:31:39,498 --> 00:31:41,500
and I'm not responsible
for either one.

1001
00:31:41,500 --> 00:31:43,769
And, Sam, if Mrs. Landingham
was here right now

1002
00:31:43,769 --> 00:31:45,171
she'd say the exact same thing,

1003
00:31:45,171 --> 00:31:46,905
you know what I'm saying?
Yes, sir.

1004
00:31:46,905 --> 00:31:48,774
I don't blame this woman
for suing me.

1005
00:31:48,774 --> 00:31:50,276
I'm not a king
and I'm not sure

1006
00:31:50,276 --> 00:31:51,643
the law should treat me
like one,

1007
00:31:51,643 --> 00:31:53,912
though certainly for the moment
I don't mind.

1008
00:31:53,912 --> 00:31:55,447
I'm not blaming her.

1009
00:31:55,447 --> 00:31:57,749
She's got to go someplace
with her grief and her anger.

1010
00:31:57,749 --> 00:32:00,286
The ones who should be
horsewhipped with a horsewhip

1011
00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:02,288
are the ones exploiting
her grief for political gain,

1012
00:32:02,288 --> 00:32:03,855
and I'm not getting down
with those guys.

1013
00:32:03,855 --> 00:32:05,457
Yes, sir.

1014
00:32:05,457 --> 00:32:07,426
Let Congress pass that law,
I'll sign it.

1015
00:32:07,426 --> 00:32:09,028
Sir?
Yeah, let's go, get Leo.

1016
00:32:09,028 --> 00:32:10,729
Thank you,
Mr. President.
Thank you.

1017
00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:12,398
Good evening, Mr. President.

1018
00:32:12,398 --> 00:32:15,901
Isn't there a joke to be had
with lawsuits and dry cleaners?

1019
00:32:15,901 --> 00:32:17,736
I've been working
on it all day.

1020
00:32:17,736 --> 00:32:19,871
You've been working
on other stuff
though, too, right?

1021
00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:20,872
Yeah.

1022
00:32:20,872 --> 00:32:21,873
Good evening, sir.

1023
00:32:21,873 --> 00:32:22,908
Hey.

1024
00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:23,942
Okay.

1025
00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:25,244
Okay, what
do we think?

1026
00:32:25,244 --> 00:32:26,312
When do you tell the public
what you know?

1027
00:32:26,312 --> 00:32:27,746
I think it's right now.

1028
00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:29,515
And I think
it's when you
know something.

1029
00:32:29,515 --> 00:32:31,450
I think absolute
confirmation has
to be the rule

1030
00:32:31,450 --> 00:32:33,119
when we're talking
about public panic.

1031
00:32:33,119 --> 00:32:34,353
JOSH:
Are we sure

1032
00:32:34,353 --> 00:32:35,988
there's going to be
public panic

1033
00:32:35,988 --> 00:32:37,856
if we're only saying
there's a chance?

1034
00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:39,091
We think, maybe...

1035
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:40,859
usually it's
negative.

1036
00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:43,295
I do, because we're not talking
about sushi, it's hamburgers.

1037
00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,564
I'm not kidding around.

1038
00:32:45,564 --> 00:32:47,799
It's these things,
the everyday things,

1039
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,103
the everyday American things,
the 99-cent things,

1040
00:32:51,103 --> 00:32:53,272
that when you suddenly
have to be afraid of them,

1041
00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,074
strike at the center
of our equilibrium.

1042
00:32:55,074 --> 00:32:56,008
LEO:
I'll tell you what else.

1043
00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:57,443
Democrats--

1044
00:32:57,443 --> 00:32:59,445
not exactly loved by the beef
industry to begin with--

1045
00:32:59,445 --> 00:33:01,613
are going to get killed
for causing false panic.

1046
00:33:01,613 --> 00:33:02,714
Yeah, what we say now

1047
00:33:02,714 --> 00:33:04,350
is going to be measured
against the facts--

1048
00:33:04,350 --> 00:33:06,752
the consequences of which
will be far worse, if we

1049
00:33:06,752 --> 00:33:08,654
don't say anything and
it goes the other way.

1050
00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:09,688
I disagree.

1051
00:33:09,688 --> 00:33:11,190
Then pretend for a moment
the cow has MS.

1052
00:33:12,358 --> 00:33:14,560
No, I don't think I will.

1053
00:33:15,727 --> 00:33:16,995
Is something going on with them?

1054
00:33:16,995 --> 00:33:18,264
I think they can hear you.

1055
00:33:18,264 --> 00:33:20,032
They're standing
right in front of you.

1056
00:33:20,032 --> 00:33:21,700
That was a bad analogy,
I apologize.

1057
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:23,702
What I meant was

1058
00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:27,106
that the public will not forgive
a President

1059
00:33:27,106 --> 00:33:28,674
who withheld information

1060
00:33:28,674 --> 00:33:31,677
that could've helped them
or saved lives.

1061
00:33:31,677 --> 00:33:34,080
Second, in a crisis,
people need to feel

1062
00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,915
like soldiers, not victims.

1063
00:33:36,915 --> 00:33:41,019
Third, information breeds
confidence, silence breeds fear.

1064
00:33:41,019 --> 00:33:42,654
That's my argument.

1065
00:33:46,992 --> 00:33:48,394
If it comes
from the President...

1066
00:33:48,394 --> 00:33:49,761
TOBY:
It shouldn't come
from the President.

1067
00:33:49,761 --> 00:33:51,830
It shouldn't even come
from the White House.

1068
00:33:51,830 --> 00:33:53,499
JOSH:
It should come
from Health and Human Services.

1069
00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:55,667
LEO:
Not the Secretary,
mid-level.

1070
00:33:55,667 --> 00:33:57,203
All right, that's
what we'll do then.

1071
00:33:57,203 --> 00:33:58,204
Thank you,
Mr. President.

1072
00:33:58,204 --> 00:33:59,071
Thank you, sir.

1073
00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:01,207
Toby.

1074
00:34:01,207 --> 00:34:03,275
What's going on
with the Smithsonian?

1075
00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:05,111
It'll be fine, sir.

1076
00:34:05,111 --> 00:34:07,179
Where are you
leading them?

1077
00:34:07,179 --> 00:34:08,614
Not to turn a blind eye

1078
00:34:08,614 --> 00:34:10,716
toward the dark periods
in our history, for sure,

1079
00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,984
but I think there's
a time and place for that

1080
00:34:12,984 --> 00:34:13,985
and this isn't it.

1081
00:34:13,985 --> 00:34:15,187
You're changing.

1082
00:34:15,187 --> 00:34:16,222
No, I'm not.

1083
00:34:16,222 --> 00:34:17,656
Yes, you are.

1084
00:34:17,656 --> 00:34:19,525
A very, very little bit.

1085
00:34:19,525 --> 00:34:20,326
Okay.

1086
00:34:20,326 --> 00:34:21,560
Mr. President, could you

1087
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:22,694
point me in
the right direction

1088
00:34:22,694 --> 00:34:23,562
on something?

1089
00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,264
One of the vets
who was here

1090
00:34:25,264 --> 00:34:27,499
has a buddy whose
wheelchair's fallen apart.

1091
00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:29,735
Who can get something done
overnight at Medicaid?

1092
00:34:29,735 --> 00:34:31,637
Ah, Toby, we've got
to straighten out Medicaid.

1093
00:34:31,637 --> 00:34:32,538
Yeah.

1094
00:34:32,538 --> 00:34:33,905
You know,
after the Civil War

1095
00:34:33,905 --> 00:34:36,508
veterans had to come to D.C.
to get their pensions.

1096
00:34:36,508 --> 00:34:38,444
They had to visit the office
personally.

1097
00:34:38,444 --> 00:34:40,579
They waited for a clerk
to look through

1098
00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,249
all the Civil War records
until their papers were found.

1099
00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:45,016
Do you know what the papers
were bound with?

1100
00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:46,084
No.

1101
00:34:46,084 --> 00:34:47,085
Red tape.

1102
00:34:47,085 --> 00:34:48,720
That's where it comes from.

1103
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:50,322
I didn't know that.

1104
00:34:50,322 --> 00:34:52,124
Go and apologize to C.J.
for whatever you did.

1105
00:34:52,124 --> 00:34:53,259
I didn't do anything.

1106
00:34:53,259 --> 00:34:54,326
Like that matters.

1107
00:34:54,326 --> 00:34:55,261
Thank you, sir.

1108
00:34:55,261 --> 00:34:57,095
What's next?

1109
00:34:57,095 --> 00:34:58,997
What?
You know, sir,
that story

1110
00:34:58,997 --> 00:35:02,501
about red tape and Medicaid
was interesting, but...

1111
00:35:02,501 --> 00:35:03,202
What?

1112
00:35:03,202 --> 00:35:04,836
Nothing.

1113
00:35:04,836 --> 00:35:06,172
I'm sorry,
you've got

1114
00:35:06,172 --> 00:35:07,573
economic advisors
in the Roosevelt Room.

1115
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:08,807
It was interesting but what?

1116
00:35:08,807 --> 00:35:10,642
But the man just wanted
a wheelchair.

1117
00:35:10,642 --> 00:35:12,244
Toby's trying to get
him a wheelchair.

1118
00:35:12,244 --> 00:35:13,245
I forgot.
Yes.

1119
00:35:13,245 --> 00:35:14,280
Hey, I forgot, is all.

1120
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:15,847
Get the information from Toby.

1121
00:35:15,847 --> 00:35:17,183
I'll make the call myself.

1122
00:35:17,183 --> 00:35:19,718
Maybe the guy can wheel
himself around on a book

1123
00:35:19,718 --> 00:35:22,087
by German biologist
Ernst Haeckel.

1124
00:35:22,087 --> 00:35:23,455
Get the information

1125
00:35:23,455 --> 00:35:25,557
and get the director of the CMSO
on the phone.

1126
00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:26,725
Yes, sir.

1127
00:35:29,795 --> 00:35:31,697
1972.

1128
00:35:31,697 --> 00:35:34,333
I'm sorry, sir?

1129
00:35:34,333 --> 00:35:36,635
Is when we passed
the Clean Water Act.

1130
00:35:36,635 --> 00:35:38,337
Thank you, sir.

1131
00:35:38,337 --> 00:35:39,738
You know nothing
about the Visigoths.

1132
00:35:39,738 --> 00:35:40,539
Yes, sir.

1133
00:35:40,539 --> 00:35:41,607
And I know everything.

1134
00:35:41,607 --> 00:35:43,809
Yes, sir.

1135
00:35:50,216 --> 00:35:52,484
Hey.

1136
00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:53,885
What are you
doing here?

1137
00:35:53,885 --> 00:35:55,987
I went up to your office
and they said you were here.

1138
00:35:55,987 --> 00:35:57,289
Eleanor Roosevelt

1139
00:35:57,289 --> 00:35:59,391
once made a speech
to the U.N. General Assembly

1140
00:35:59,391 --> 00:36:01,893
saying that we should
decriminalize prostitution.

1141
00:36:01,893 --> 00:36:05,897
Eleanor Roosevelt
was the one who
liked hats, right?

1142
00:36:05,897 --> 00:36:09,000
The Undersecretary for Global
Affairs and Regina Pierce

1143
00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:11,803
are going to sit with our
legal advisor at the U.N.

1144
00:36:11,803 --> 00:36:13,972
and look
at some alternative language.

1145
00:36:13,972 --> 00:36:15,040
I heard.

1146
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:16,107
So.
Indeed.

1147
00:36:16,107 --> 00:36:17,876
That's right.

1148
00:36:17,876 --> 00:36:20,178
Are you walking me
back to my office?

1149
00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:22,080
How's making
prostitution illegal

1150
00:36:22,080 --> 00:36:23,815
not suppressing
women's rights?

1151
00:36:23,815 --> 00:36:25,584
How is making
heroin use illegal

1152
00:36:25,584 --> 00:36:27,686
not suppressing
a heroin user's rights?

1153
00:36:27,686 --> 00:36:29,855
It is, but heroin's
bad for you.

1154
00:36:29,855 --> 00:36:31,590
So's being a prostitute.

1155
00:36:31,590 --> 00:36:33,191
How am I not supposed
to call you a hypocrite

1156
00:36:33,191 --> 00:36:34,626
when you say
that the government

1157
00:36:34,626 --> 00:36:36,328
shouldn't tell women
what to do with their bodies?

1158
00:36:36,328 --> 00:36:38,964
Exercise some self-control,
I guess.

1159
00:36:41,132 --> 00:36:42,601
AMY:
Prostitution is
about the subjugation

1160
00:36:42,601 --> 00:36:43,935
of women by men for profit.

1161
00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:45,571
JOSH:
But the profit goes
to the women.

1162
00:36:45,571 --> 00:36:47,473
In some cases, but I know
of no little girl,

1163
00:36:47,473 --> 00:36:48,974
and neither do you,

1164
00:36:48,974 --> 00:36:50,776
who says, "I want to be a
prostitute when I grow up."

1165
00:36:50,776 --> 00:36:52,143
They do it because
they're forced to

1166
00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,545
out of financial
circumstances

1167
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,213
and dire economic need
is a form of coercion.

1168
00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:56,848
But the guy who breaks
into my apartment

1169
00:36:56,848 --> 00:36:59,551
and steals my stereo
does it for the same reason.

1170
00:36:59,551 --> 00:37:00,919
And he's going to jail.

1171
00:37:00,919 --> 00:37:03,522
Yeah, because he broke
into my apartment

1172
00:37:03,522 --> 00:37:04,723
and stole my stereo

1173
00:37:04,723 --> 00:37:06,925
and nobody wants that
to happen to them,

1174
00:37:06,925 --> 00:37:09,595
but you can't say that
about the other thing.

1175
00:37:09,595 --> 00:37:10,629
( elevator bell dings )

1176
00:37:10,629 --> 00:37:11,930
J...

1177
00:37:11,930 --> 00:37:13,632
Forget for a second
that it's a women's issue.

1178
00:37:13,632 --> 00:37:14,900
The law isn't a deterrent.

1179
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:15,901
Prostitutes advertise

1180
00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:16,735
in the Yellow Pages.

1181
00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,069
J...

1182
00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:19,605
Aren't we just serving
to create more criminals

1183
00:37:19,605 --> 00:37:20,639
in a criminal environment?

1184
00:37:20,639 --> 00:37:21,607
Josh.

1185
00:37:21,607 --> 00:37:22,574
Yes.

1186
00:37:22,574 --> 00:37:24,543
Why did you come here?

1187
00:37:24,543 --> 00:37:28,046
To tell you
about the thing.

1188
00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:29,047
The U.N.?

1189
00:37:29,047 --> 00:37:30,081
Yeah.

1190
00:37:30,081 --> 00:37:31,082
I'd heard.

1191
00:37:31,082 --> 00:37:32,618
I didn't know that.

1192
00:37:32,618 --> 00:37:35,687
Why didn't you call?

1193
00:37:35,687 --> 00:37:37,188
I'm sorry?

1194
00:37:37,188 --> 00:37:38,524
Why didn't you call me
on the phone?

1195
00:37:38,524 --> 00:37:40,359
Your office is
on the way home.

1196
00:37:40,359 --> 00:37:41,693
It's 5:00.

1197
00:37:41,693 --> 00:37:42,628
Yeah.

1198
00:37:42,628 --> 00:37:47,032
You go home at 5:00?

1199
00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:49,267
I just stopped by.

1200
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:56,942
Are you dating
your assistant?

1201
00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:57,976
No.

1202
00:38:00,612 --> 00:38:01,813
I heard you might be.

1203
00:38:01,813 --> 00:38:03,214
I'm not.

1204
00:38:03,214 --> 00:38:04,350
She's cute.

1205
00:38:04,350 --> 00:38:05,451
She's my assistant.

1206
00:38:05,451 --> 00:38:06,918
Are you dating Joey Lucas?

1207
00:38:06,918 --> 00:38:07,986
No.

1208
00:38:07,986 --> 00:38:09,087
She's not your assistant.

1209
00:38:09,087 --> 00:38:10,055
I know.

1210
00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:14,993
You know the thing

1211
00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:16,828
with guys like you?

1212
00:38:16,828 --> 00:38:18,364
Why are we talking about this?

1213
00:38:18,364 --> 00:38:20,231
Because you stopped by.

1214
00:38:20,231 --> 00:38:21,700
I'm a visible guy--

1215
00:38:21,700 --> 00:38:24,370
people say things about me,
people write things,

1216
00:38:24,370 --> 00:38:26,405
and what I do
reflects on the President.

1217
00:38:26,405 --> 00:38:28,039
Nice save.

1218
00:38:28,039 --> 00:38:29,908
I didn't make that up.

1219
00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:32,678
Okay.

1220
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:35,046
What's the thing
about guys like me?

1221
00:38:37,949 --> 00:38:39,284
Hmm?

1222
00:38:39,284 --> 00:38:41,987
What's the thing
with guys like me?

1223
00:38:44,523 --> 00:38:46,558
You want to get hit
over the head.

1224
00:38:48,860 --> 00:38:50,429
I have to go.

1225
00:38:50,429 --> 00:38:51,997
I'll see you.

1226
00:39:01,272 --> 00:39:02,674
Taxi!

1227
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:07,278
What the hell...?!

1228
00:39:07,278 --> 00:39:09,280
It was a water balloon.

1229
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:10,749
What are you, 15 years old?

1230
00:39:10,749 --> 00:39:12,350
You almost hit me in the head!

1231
00:39:28,166 --> 00:39:30,135
CAROL:
Folks, would you take
your seats, please.

1232
00:39:30,135 --> 00:39:31,670
The briefing will begin
in a few moments.

1233
00:39:31,670 --> 00:39:33,539
Please take your seats.

1234
00:39:33,539 --> 00:39:35,240
Hey, Nancy.

1235
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:37,776
I understand you're troubled
by the arms sale.

1236
00:39:37,776 --> 00:39:39,411
The Nazis were
a bad analogy.

1237
00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:41,379
We're not fighting
a war with Qumar.

1238
00:39:41,379 --> 00:39:42,548
Well...

1239
00:39:42,548 --> 00:39:44,015
this isn't the point,
but we will.

1240
00:39:44,015 --> 00:39:45,283
Of course we will.

1241
00:39:45,283 --> 00:39:47,252
Of course we'll be fighting
a war with Qumar one day

1242
00:39:47,252 --> 00:39:48,454
and you know it.

1243
00:39:48,454 --> 00:39:49,888
So, well, at least
we'll be familiar

1244
00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:51,256
with the weapons
they're using.

1245
00:39:51,256 --> 00:39:52,691
We need Kalifa Air Base--

1246
00:39:52,691 --> 00:39:54,860
we refuel there
and we keep AWACS radar.

1247
00:39:54,860 --> 00:39:56,094
We don't need it.
It's convenient.

1248
00:39:56,094 --> 00:39:57,395
C.J....
We don't need it.

1249
00:39:57,395 --> 00:39:58,797
We've got Turkey.
We've got Bahrain.

1250
00:39:58,797 --> 00:40:00,231
We've got Diego Garcia.
Qumar's convenient.

1251
00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:01,433
Yes, it's convenient.

1252
00:40:01,433 --> 00:40:03,168
They beat women, Nancy.
They hate women.

1253
00:40:03,168 --> 00:40:05,203
The only reason they keep
Qumari women alive

1254
00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:06,404
is to make more Qumari men.

1255
00:40:06,404 --> 00:40:07,806
What do you want me
to do about it?

1256
00:40:07,806 --> 00:40:09,475
How about instead
of suggesting

1257
00:40:09,475 --> 00:40:10,742
that we sell
the guns to them,

1258
00:40:10,742 --> 00:40:12,611
suggesting that we shoot
the guns at them.

1259
00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:14,680
And by the way,
not to change the subject,

1260
00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:17,048
but how are we supposed to have
any moral credibility

1261
00:40:17,048 --> 00:40:19,518
when we talk about gun control,
and making sure that guns

1262
00:40:19,518 --> 00:40:21,386
don't get in the hands
of the wrong people?

1263
00:40:21,386 --> 00:40:24,222
God, Nancy, what the hell are we
defining as the "right" people?!

1264
00:40:24,222 --> 00:40:26,658
This is the real world and we
can't isolate our enemies.

1265
00:40:26,658 --> 00:40:27,993
I know about the real world

1266
00:40:27,993 --> 00:40:29,761
and I'm not suggesting
we isolate them.

1267
00:40:29,761 --> 00:40:31,129
You're suggesting
that we eliminate them.

1268
00:40:31,129 --> 00:40:32,163
I have a briefing.

1269
00:40:32,163 --> 00:40:33,231
You're suggesting that...

1270
00:40:33,231 --> 00:40:34,600
I'm not suggesting anything.

1271
00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,067
I don't suggest foreign policy
around here.

1272
00:40:36,067 --> 00:40:37,769
You are right now.

1273
00:40:37,769 --> 00:40:40,238
It's the 21st Century, Nancy,
the world's gotten smaller.

1274
00:40:40,238 --> 00:40:43,341
I don't know how we
can tolerate this kind
of suffering anymore,

1275
00:40:43,341 --> 00:40:44,810
particularly
when all it does

1276
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:47,045
is continue the cycle
of anti-American hatred,

1277
00:40:47,045 --> 00:40:48,514
but that's not
the point either.

1278
00:40:48,514 --> 00:40:50,048
What's the point?

1279
00:40:50,048 --> 00:40:53,451
The point is that apartheid
was an East Hampton clambake

1280
00:40:53,451 --> 00:40:55,721
compared to what we
laughingly refer to

1281
00:40:55,721 --> 00:40:57,556
as the "life"
these women lead,

1282
00:40:57,556 --> 00:41:00,058
and if we had sold M1-A1s
to South Africa

1283
00:41:00,058 --> 00:41:02,828
15 years ago, you'd have
set the building on fire.

1284
00:41:02,828 --> 00:41:06,031
Thank God, we never needed
to refuel in Johannesburg.

1285
00:41:07,533 --> 00:41:09,701
It's a big world, C.J.

1286
00:41:09,701 --> 00:41:11,837
and everybody has guns.

1287
00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:13,204
And I'm doing the best I can.

1288
00:41:13,204 --> 00:41:18,810
They're beating...
the women, Nancy.

1289
00:41:45,671 --> 00:41:48,373
We have two birthdays today,
so we have cake.

1290
00:41:48,373 --> 00:41:51,577
One cake-- it's nice to share.

1291
00:41:51,577 --> 00:41:53,178
Quickly, before I take questions

1292
00:41:53,178 --> 00:41:55,146
a late addition
to Monday's schedule.

1293
00:41:55,146 --> 00:41:56,214
The President will be

1294
00:41:56,214 --> 00:41:58,516
at the opening
of the Smithsonian exhibit

1295
00:41:58,516 --> 00:42:00,318
commemorating
the 60th anniversary

1296
00:42:00,318 --> 00:42:01,753
of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

1297
00:42:01,753 --> 00:42:03,121
That's 3:00 in the afternoon

1298
00:42:03,121 --> 00:42:04,956
and I'll have more information
Monday morning.

1299
00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:06,457
Labor Secretary Carl Reed

1300
00:42:06,457 --> 00:42:08,894
will brief from this podium
in one hour's time

1301
00:42:08,894 --> 00:42:11,697
on our school-to-work initiative
and-- let me check--

1302
00:42:11,697 --> 00:42:13,699
yeah, while that's going on,
there'll be a briefing

1303
00:42:13,699 --> 00:42:15,701
at the Department of Health
and Human Services

1304
00:42:15,701 --> 00:42:19,037
by USDA Director David Reingold.

1305
00:42:19,037 --> 00:42:21,573
Sometime Tuesday, you'll be
briefed at the Pentagon.

1306
00:42:21,573 --> 00:42:24,242
The DOD will be announcing
that we've renewed our lease

1307
00:42:24,242 --> 00:42:26,912
another ten years
at the Kalifa Air Base in Qumar.

1308
00:42:26,912 --> 00:42:30,515
I understand they've promised
to paint and add new carpet.

1309
00:42:30,515 --> 00:42:33,118
A delegation from...

1310
00:42:33,118 --> 00:42:37,022
State and the U.N.
will be sitting down

1311
00:42:37,022 --> 00:42:38,890
to go over some last-minute
language for Vienna,

1312
00:42:38,890 --> 00:42:40,892
and, for that trip,
we'll have your schedules ready

1313
00:42:40,892 --> 00:42:42,193
middle part of next week.

1314
00:42:42,193 --> 00:42:43,294
Who's got questions?