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Previously on The West Wing:

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Mr. Vice President,

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have you been having
an affair with Helen Baldwin?

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Yes.

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Didn't know you lived
with that guy named Ben.

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There's a lot
you don't know about me.

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Are you in a position
to deny it?

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Do you think she
may have been

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coached by Republican
leadership?

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If we're going to do this,

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we've got
to start tonight, now,

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and I need you
thinking now and not...

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Yes, sir, I'm resigning
the vice presidency.

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We'll be back with

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White House Press Secretary
C.J. Cregg after this.

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C.J.:
Wait, what was that?

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You're breaking up on me.

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TOBY:
Can you hear me now?

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Yes, that's much better.

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So what's this about
the dollar and the yen?

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No, not the yen.
That's Japan.

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China's currency is the yuan.

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This isn't PBS, he's not
going to ask about the yuan.

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But cheap goods imported
from China are what

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tomorrow's labor protests
are going to be about,

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so we got to start getting out
the message that Chinese...

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Hang on a second.

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A.P. is reporting
a Presidential commission
recommends 50% percent

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increase in cigarette taxes--
what the...?

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He's definitely going
to ask me about that.

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Give me more.

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17 cent increase...

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raise 3.4 billion a year...
16 billion over 5 years...

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Hang on.

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Can you
stick it there?

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Yeah?

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Could buy out
75% of tobacco farmers.

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Did you see Drudge?

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Uh...

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Pay them not
to grow tobacco...

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Increase the price
of tobacco,

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would reduce
teenage smoking...

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Other
recommendations

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for reducing
teenage smo...

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In ten,

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nine, eight...

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Toby, I got to go.

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No, wait!

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Wait!

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Hello?
Damn it.

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REID:
Joining me now in
a rare venture outside

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the tightly controlled
environment

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of the White House
press briefing room

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is the one and only queen
of the Bartlett spinners,

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Miss C.J. Cregg.

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C.J., welcome back
to the show.
Always a pleasure, Taylor,

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but if you really think
the press briefing room

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is a controlled environment,
you ought to try controlling

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a hundred hungry
reporters someday.

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And if I'm queen of anything,
then I want a bigger office.

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Okay, C.J., tell us about

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the President's
secret plan to raise taxes.
Love to,

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but it's so secret he hasn't
even told me about it.

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I'm talking about a secret
presidential commission

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that wants a whopping
50% increase...

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First of all, Taylor,
it's not a secret commission.

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Their report was just released
and it's on the AP wire.

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That's how you
found out about it

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and how I
found out about it

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and I promise you
the President

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hasn't even
heard of it yet.

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The commission's
going to ask

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the President to raise taxes.

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Yes, among their many
recommendations

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to reduce teenage smoking,

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they suggest a 17 cent increase
in the price...

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That's 50%, C.J.
That's what I said.

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Yes, Taylor, 17 pennies
does equal 50%
in this little math problem...

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Well, that's not going to stop

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teenagers from smoking
cigarettes.

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Raising the price should
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but more importantly,

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it will raise
$3.4 billion a year.

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That's $16 billion
over five years,

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and that would be
enough to buy out

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75% of the American
tobacco farmers.

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You mean pay them
not to grow tobacco.

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If we reduce...

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Has this president
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a government handout
he didn't like?

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How many does he want
to pay to do nothing?

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Does he not realize
that the budget deficit
is already large enough,

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and how much taxation
does he think he can stand

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before we reach
our breaking point?

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Has this president forgotten
that this country was founded

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during a tax revolt?
C.J., what is he thinking?

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Which one of those
is your favorite,

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'cause if there's one
you actually...
Oh, come on, C.J.

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He's never met a tax increase
he didn't like.

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If you don't want
to answer the question

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then we'll move on
to something else.

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This is new, this is from
the Drudge Report,

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Matt Drudge's Website,
and I'm reading.

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"The Sunday Times Magazine
is going to run

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"an in-depth profile of former
Vice President John Hoynes

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"who resigned as a result
of a sex scandal.

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"Hoynes cooperated
with the Times

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"and submitted to
a tell-all interview

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"in which he revealed
that President Bartlett

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tried to talk him into
staying in office."

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Is that true, C.J.?
Um, I...

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Was the President
trying to orchestrate
another cover-up here, C.J.?

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Look, I can't respond
to every crazy Website...

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Did the President
tell Hoynes not to resign?

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I haven't even read
the article...
Did he or didn't he?

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I'm not privy to the
private conversations...

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Come on, C.J.,
this is pretty basic.

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Did the President tell
Hoynes to stick around

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because he thought he
could beat the rap?

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I really can't
comment on that.

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That's your answer?

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Your answer
is "no comment"?

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All right, we got
to go to a break.

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When we come back,
more with White House
Press Secretary C.J. Cregg.

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That was a great segment, C.J.

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Good job.

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TOBY:
Is she back yet?

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RENA:
Carol said any minute now.

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Where are we
doing this meeting?

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Well, the Roosevelt Room
is booked,

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and I'm sorry, but
15 AFL-CIO union reps

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aren't going to be too
comfortable in here.

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Who's got
the Roosevelt Room?

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Uh... the Base
Closing Commission.

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We're getting a table
and some folding chairs.

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Oh, folding chairs.

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Hey, Toby.

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Hey, Tom.

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Hey, thanks for making
the time to see us.

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No problem, Shelly.

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Hey, everybody,
sorry I'm late.

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Hey.

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We're having a little
bit of a problem

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finding a room big
enough for us to meet,

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so why don't I work on
that for just one minute.

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I'll be, um,
I'll be right back.

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Um, so, can I, uh,
get you anything?

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Water or coffee?

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Hey, how you doing?

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You saw the show,
how do you think I'm doing?

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You got
blind-sided.
I looked like an amateur.

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Carol, I need an advance
copy of the Sunday
Times Magazine, now.

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I tried already.
They don't come out
till Thursday.

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Leo and the President want
copies as soon as we get it.

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Who does Drudge say

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wrote the Hoynes article
for the Times?

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Greg Brock.
The guy they just pulled
in from the Paris bureau?

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Great, he doesn't
owe me a thing.

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Want me to get him
on the phone?

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Yeah.

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Oh, and I've got Ben
holding on line one.

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I cannot talk
to Ben right now.

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Drudge leaked maybe 50 words out
of what's got to be

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a 5,000 word article and
we're already on the ropes.

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I've got Greg Brock's
voice mail.

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I'll do it.

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Hi, Greg, it's C.J. Cregg.

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Listen I've been, uh,
meaning to buy you lunch

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since you joined
the White House press corps.

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It's a little
tradition we have.

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Well, one I'm trying
to start actually,

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so why don't you give me
a call and we'll, um...

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Oh, you know
exactly

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why I'm calling.

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Get back to me fast, will you?

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Are you sure you want
to handle this?

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Yeah.

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Okay.

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JOSH:
Come on, please.

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Anything but the Base
Closing Commission.

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The most ridiculously boring...

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LEO:
I need you to sit with them
and make sure they don't...

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Wait a minute, is this,
like, even legal?

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It's perfectly legal.

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Aren't they supposed

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to be independent
or something?

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Yeah, so's Congress
and we talk to them.

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Look, I need you
to make sure

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that the recommendations

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the Commission
gives the President

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on what military
bases to close

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are not politically
suicidal for us.

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Closing any military base
is politically suicidal.

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Right, that's
why we let

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the Base Closing Commission

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decide which ones to close.

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We're not letting
them decide.

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President wants you
in the NEC meeting.

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When?
Now... ish.

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We're lobbying the Base
Closing Commission, Josh.

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You're
lobbying them,

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just like everybody
else does.

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Hey, I've got
15 AFL-CIO union reps

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who want to yell at me

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about us sending
their jobs to China.

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So?

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So I need the Roosevelt Room.

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Josh is in there
all day

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with the Base
Closing Commission.

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All day?
So move them.

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We're talking two former
four star generals,

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one former admiral,

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and a couple of former
assistant secretaries

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of DOD.

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They're accustomed
to a certain style,

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and we're
lobbying them,

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so they get
the Roosevelt Room,

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massage tables, ESPN,
whatever they want.

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TOBY:
These unions are going
to be outside tomorrow

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protesting against us,

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but if we can at least treat
them right, then maybe...

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Check with Margaret
about the Mural Room.

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The Vice President
has it.
For what?

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He's the Vice
President, Toby.

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I don't have to justify
his using a room.

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Of course not.
For what?

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Meeting with a bunch
of environmental groups.

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JOSH:
Environmental
groups?

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That's got to be
a first for him.

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Looks like he's off
and running.

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WILL:
Looks like
Hoynes is, too.

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LEO:
We don't know that.

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No, not exactly, not yet.

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But a tell-all,
come-clean interview

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in the Times Magazine
is a good first step.

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The Vice President's

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campaign for president
is not our concern.

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Look, Hoynes
is obviously trying
to rewrite history,

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to make himself
morally superior
to the President.

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Right, this from
an adulterer who...

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WILL:
Who lied about sex.

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Everyone
lies about sex, right?

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That's how his people
are going to spin it.

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He doesn't have
people anymore.

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We don't know that.

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I'm just saying

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the Vice President's
office--

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I-- would like to be included

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in any strategic discussions
about how to respond

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to Hoynes's campaign,
and it is a campaign,

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to make himself out to be

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the only honest guy in
an administration of liars.

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Yeah, we'll be sure
to call you.

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RENA:
Small macchiato.
Uh, decaf...

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Here are the latest numbers

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on our trade deficit
with China.

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Don't need them.

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You want us to stay
for the meeting.

259
00:08:57,971 --> 00:08:59,973
No, this meeting is about
politics-- facts won't help.

260
00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,042
Okay, and this is
the grande latte.

261
00:09:02,109 --> 00:09:05,613
And, uh, the double
decaf cap nonfat.

262
00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:10,217
Well, it turns out we're going
have to have to make do
with, uh, folding chairs.

263
00:09:10,283 --> 00:09:12,853
That's okay, Toby.
Rena here explained
the whole thing.

264
00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,689
She did?
Ad we told her it's not
important where we sit.

265
00:09:15,756 --> 00:09:17,090
No, you're right. It's not.

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00:09:17,157 --> 00:09:19,459
What's important is that
you do what we want.

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00:09:19,526 --> 00:09:20,661
Uh-huh.

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00:09:20,728 --> 00:09:22,295
Or at least treat
us with respect.

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00:09:22,362 --> 00:09:23,631
How am I doing
so far?

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You got two strikes on you.

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JOSH:
Because reviewing
a cost-benefit analysis

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for every military base
in the country

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is as mind numbing
as a Radiohead concert.

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DONNA:
Need this?

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Uh, yeah.
And the one under it.

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But...

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And deciding which
military bases

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we don't need anymore

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is the most politically
disastrous thing

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you could ever
get involved with.

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But why close any bases
when we've got to train troops

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to fight terrorists
around the world?

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00:09:45,619 --> 00:09:46,954
Is that everything?
DONNA:
Yeah.

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Because terrorists
aren't very well trained

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for deep snow fighting
like the Soviets were.

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So maybe we don't need

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00:09:52,125 --> 00:09:53,694
that base in upstate
New York anymore.

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00:09:53,761 --> 00:09:55,228
And maybe we should
be expanding

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our desert combat
training bases,

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00:09:56,864 --> 00:09:58,799
because, well, you know,
desert warfare's

291
00:09:58,866 --> 00:10:00,567
not going out of
style anytime soon.

292
00:10:00,634 --> 00:10:02,435
So it's an efficiency thing.

293
00:10:02,502 --> 00:10:03,671
You're quick.

294
00:10:03,737 --> 00:10:05,272
Since when is efficiency
bad politics?

295
00:10:05,338 --> 00:10:07,407
Since any place that
loses a base loses jobs.

296
00:10:07,474 --> 00:10:09,843
Should have seen my hometown
when the Army pulled out.

297
00:10:09,910 --> 00:10:11,645
WILL:
Josh, got a minute?

298
00:10:11,712 --> 00:10:13,480
Anything to keep me
out of that room.

299
00:10:13,546 --> 00:10:16,216
You guys go ahead in
and get organized.

300
00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:17,617
What's Hoynes up to?

301
00:10:17,685 --> 00:10:19,119
Don't know.

302
00:10:19,186 --> 00:10:20,854
Come on, Josh, you worked
for him in the Senate.

303
00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:22,690
You know him
better than anyone.

304
00:10:22,756 --> 00:10:24,157
Yeah, well, turns out
there was at least one side

305
00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:25,492
of John Hoynes
that I didn't know.

306
00:10:25,558 --> 00:10:26,727
Do you think
he actually believes

307
00:10:26,794 --> 00:10:28,195
he can put the scandal
behind him?

308
00:10:28,261 --> 00:10:29,596
JOSH:
Maybe he just
wanted to do

309
00:10:29,663 --> 00:10:30,798
one big interview
and move on.

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00:10:30,864 --> 00:10:32,565
Start bringing clients
into the law firm.

311
00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:33,834
Excuse me,
I got to get in there.

312
00:10:33,901 --> 00:10:35,836
Base Closing Commission?
Uh, yeah.

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00:10:35,903 --> 00:10:37,570
The Vice President
would like to urge you

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not to close bases
in any state

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00:10:38,939 --> 00:10:40,540
with more than one
electoral vote.

316
00:10:40,607 --> 00:10:42,375
No problem.

317
00:10:42,442 --> 00:10:43,877
Morning everyone.

318
00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:46,113
Good morning,
Josh.

319
00:10:46,179 --> 00:10:48,515
( whispering ):
Get him out of that chair.

320
00:10:48,581 --> 00:10:51,651
The President would like me
to go over your list

321
00:10:51,719 --> 00:10:53,486
of preliminary recommendations

322
00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:56,824
so he could get an idea of what
you might have in mind.

323
00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:58,291
Ready whenever
you are.

324
00:10:58,358 --> 00:10:59,492
Shoot.

325
00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,762
First on the list
is Fort Drum

326
00:11:01,829 --> 00:11:03,330
in upstate New York.

327
00:11:03,396 --> 00:11:04,431
It's primary mission

328
00:11:04,497 --> 00:11:05,933
is deep snow
combat training.

329
00:11:05,999 --> 00:11:07,835
The commission's consensus
is that deep snow

330
00:11:07,901 --> 00:11:09,202
is no longer
a training priority.

331
00:11:09,269 --> 00:11:10,203
Next...

332
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TOM:
What we're saying is

333
00:11:11,905 --> 00:11:13,340
this country
is China's biggest customer,

334
00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:14,775
so we ought to be dictating
the terms of the deal.

335
00:11:14,842 --> 00:11:16,143
TOBY:
Uh-huh.

336
00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,677
MAN:
Like the valuation
of the yuan.

337
00:11:17,745 --> 00:11:19,847
Margaret says
Leo needs you right away.

338
00:11:19,913 --> 00:11:21,114
...low when
the dollar is weak.
I know.

339
00:11:21,181 --> 00:11:23,050
If they let their currency
float...

340
00:11:23,116 --> 00:11:26,153
Tell him I can't.
...get an export advantage
from a weak dollar.

341
00:11:26,219 --> 00:11:27,755
Instead, we let them
flood this country

342
00:11:27,821 --> 00:11:29,322
with cheap stuff
made by cheap labor.

343
00:11:29,389 --> 00:11:30,958
And slave labor.
Right.
While they buy

344
00:11:31,024 --> 00:11:32,659
nothing from us.
I wouldn't call
747s nothing.

345
00:11:32,726 --> 00:11:34,661
A few airplanes are not going
to make up for all the jobs...

346
00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,897
I did. I told
Margaret to tell Leo
you're stuck in here,

347
00:11:36,964 --> 00:11:39,266
and she said he said
no, you're not.

348
00:11:39,332 --> 00:11:42,102
all of its export
industries, gives them...
I'm sorry.

349
00:11:42,169 --> 00:11:44,805
Please, uh, the President needs
me for something, and uh...

350
00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:46,573
Toby, we're not new in town.

351
00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:49,442
You expect us to fall for the
old President-needs-us thing?

352
00:11:49,509 --> 00:11:52,946
No. Leo McGarry just ordered me
into his office.

353
00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:55,615
And as much as I want to try
to save your jobs,

354
00:11:55,682 --> 00:11:57,918
I have to try
to save mine first,

355
00:11:57,985 --> 00:11:59,419
if I'm gonna be
any use to you at all.

356
00:11:59,486 --> 00:12:03,323
So... I'll be back,
you know...

357
00:12:03,390 --> 00:12:04,591
soon.

358
00:12:04,657 --> 00:12:05,959
C.J.:
Was there any discussion

359
00:12:06,026 --> 00:12:08,028
of exactly how
Hoynes could hang in there?

360
00:12:08,095 --> 00:12:09,797
No, we just said
we didn't think

361
00:12:09,863 --> 00:12:11,531
he had to resign
over having an affair.

362
00:12:11,598 --> 00:12:14,802
That in this day and age,
he could get through
something like that.

363
00:12:14,868 --> 00:12:16,503
And you'd help
him get through it?

364
00:12:16,569 --> 00:12:18,305
I guess.
Guessing's not
good enough, Leo.

365
00:12:18,371 --> 00:12:19,907
Did you say
you'd help him get through it?

366
00:12:19,973 --> 00:12:21,108
Yeah.
Did the
President

367
00:12:21,174 --> 00:12:22,742
say that?
Maybe something
like that.

368
00:12:22,810 --> 00:12:24,845
I can't remember
exactly what he said.

369
00:12:24,912 --> 00:12:26,113
Did you take any notes
in the meeting?

370
00:12:26,179 --> 00:12:28,681
It wasn't a real meeting. It...

371
00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:30,683
It was kind of
on the fly.

372
00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:32,752
Did you discuss
any strategy

373
00:12:32,820 --> 00:12:34,087
on how to manage
the scandal?

374
00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,588
It never got that far.

375
00:12:35,655 --> 00:12:37,925
Hoynes had his mind made up
before we said a word.

376
00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:40,160
I need you to get the Mayor
in here right away.

377
00:12:40,227 --> 00:12:40,894
Which mayor?

378
00:12:40,961 --> 00:12:41,929
D.C., the only mayor

379
00:12:41,995 --> 00:12:43,263
we can get in here right away.

380
00:12:43,330 --> 00:12:45,298
I need a meeting
with the President on this.

381
00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:49,002
I can pull a couple of things
off his schedule this afternoon.

382
00:12:50,437 --> 00:12:53,406
The House and Senate just passed
the Emergency D.C.

383
00:12:53,473 --> 00:12:55,442
Supplemental Appropriation
for Snow Removal.

384
00:12:55,508 --> 00:12:57,110
And that's the
first bill signing

385
00:12:57,177 --> 00:12:59,112
we're inviting
the Mayor of Washington to?

386
00:12:59,179 --> 00:13:02,249
They attached
a school voucher program to it.

387
00:13:02,315 --> 00:13:03,216
Oh.

388
00:13:03,283 --> 00:13:04,517
We, I mean you--

389
00:13:04,584 --> 00:13:07,287
someone-- has to talk
to the Mayor before we veto it.

390
00:13:07,354 --> 00:13:09,022
Why? You wanna
put out a joint
statement...?

391
00:13:09,089 --> 00:13:10,590
Because when everyone
in the briefing room

392
00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,625
has that Hoynes article,
I'm gonna be getting bombarded

393
00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:14,527
about what Hoynes says
you and the President said.

394
00:13:14,594 --> 00:13:16,463
And I've got to be sure--
word-for-word sure--

395
00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:18,531
about what all three of you said
and what you didn't say.

396
00:13:18,598 --> 00:13:20,000
I can control this story, Leo.

397
00:13:20,067 --> 00:13:21,734
I can get us through this,
but only if you tell me

398
00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,336
everything I
need to know.
You got it.

399
00:13:23,403 --> 00:13:25,305
I should only
talk to the press
about this once.

400
00:13:25,372 --> 00:13:27,674
I don't want to have to go back
out there a second time saying,

401
00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:29,709
"Oh, yeah, Hoynes was right"
about this bit and that bit

402
00:13:29,776 --> 00:13:31,611
that you guys
forgot to tell me.
I understand.

403
00:13:31,678 --> 00:13:34,948
We've got to get our stories
straight on this today, so...

404
00:13:41,054 --> 00:13:43,090
She okay?
Well, you know,

405
00:13:43,156 --> 00:13:46,593
she got blind-sided
by this Hoynes thing on LIVE TV.

406
00:13:46,659 --> 00:13:48,628
And that got to her?

407
00:13:48,695 --> 00:13:50,830
Yeah. It did.

408
00:14:03,076 --> 00:14:05,145
BRODERICK:
Are you saying
there's nothing we can do?

409
00:14:05,212 --> 00:14:06,679
TOBY:
I'm saying it's
not that simple.

410
00:14:06,746 --> 00:14:09,149
Look what happened with the
steel tariffs you asked for.

411
00:14:09,216 --> 00:14:12,219
We killed more jobs in
auto manufacturing than
we saved in steel production.

412
00:14:12,285 --> 00:14:13,586
Well, that just means
we have to pick

413
00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:15,222
our targets
more carefully.

414
00:14:15,288 --> 00:14:18,058
We keep picking targets,
we're gonna end
up in a trade war.

415
00:14:18,125 --> 00:14:19,826
We're already in a trade war
with China.

416
00:14:19,893 --> 00:14:23,530
That's why we gotta make bras
our first line of defense.

417
00:14:23,596 --> 00:14:25,132
Bras?

418
00:14:25,999 --> 00:14:27,267
Chinese bras are killing us.

419
00:14:27,334 --> 00:14:28,368
They are?

420
00:14:28,435 --> 00:14:29,702
They're flooding Wal-Mart
with cheap bras.

421
00:14:29,769 --> 00:14:31,438
Domestic producers
can't compete.

422
00:14:31,504 --> 00:14:33,540
China has tripled
its market share in two years.

423
00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:35,742
I assume we're all okay
with French bras, right?

424
00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:38,645
'Cause I, for one,
greatly prefer them,
and I wouldn't want...

425
00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:39,579
This isn't funny.

426
00:14:39,646 --> 00:14:40,647
Of course not.

427
00:14:40,713 --> 00:14:42,149
Look, I'm with you on this one.

428
00:14:42,215 --> 00:14:44,817
I just wish the President
could do something

429
00:14:44,884 --> 00:14:46,753
( laughs ):
about cheap bras.

430
00:14:46,819 --> 00:14:48,855
He can.
He can activate
the textile

431
00:14:48,922 --> 00:14:51,624
and apparel import safeguards we
got you guys to put in the deal

432
00:14:51,691 --> 00:14:54,861
admitting China to the WTO,
starting with bras.

433
00:14:54,928 --> 00:14:59,199
Apparel import safeguards?
I didn't know about that.

434
00:14:59,266 --> 00:15:01,201
Everybody's gonna know
about it tomorrow,

435
00:15:01,268 --> 00:15:02,669
when we start burning bras

436
00:15:02,735 --> 00:15:03,903
in front of
the White House.

437
00:15:08,208 --> 00:15:09,742
I'll be right back.

438
00:15:09,809 --> 00:15:11,578
ED:
Do you have
long-run projections

439
00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:14,547
for the economies
of scale you think
are achievable

440
00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:17,417
through the net
consolidations of
troops and materiel,

441
00:15:17,484 --> 00:15:20,387
if all of your
recommendations
were implemented?

442
00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:23,490
GENERAL STANLEY
On page... 1,237...

443
00:15:23,556 --> 00:15:26,726
13B shows
the aggregate numbers.

444
00:15:26,793 --> 00:15:28,395
13 C...

445
00:15:28,461 --> 00:15:31,498
I need to borrow
Ed and Larry for
a thing about bras.

446
00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:33,733
You sure they're
the guys for that?

447
00:15:33,800 --> 00:15:34,801
Chinese bras.

448
00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:36,436
Oh, well, they're the experts.

449
00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:39,706
So, is Hoynes crazy
enough to run?

450
00:15:39,772 --> 00:15:40,840
You want the short answer?

451
00:15:40,907 --> 00:15:42,142
Yes.

452
00:15:42,209 --> 00:15:45,178
If this article
is his first step

453
00:15:45,245 --> 00:15:47,447
on the road to political
rehab, what does he do next?

454
00:15:47,514 --> 00:15:49,482
Start putting
a staff together.

455
00:15:49,549 --> 00:15:51,884
( sighing ):
I better make some calls.

456
00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:53,586
Yeah.

457
00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:55,555
GENERAL STANLEY:
That's why we want
to consolidate

458
00:15:55,622 --> 00:15:57,357
these five Air Force
bases into three...

459
00:15:57,424 --> 00:15:58,191
Excuse me.

460
00:15:58,258 --> 00:15:59,592
I'm sorry. Ed, Larry?

461
00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:02,229
Toby needs to talk to you
about, uh, China.

462
00:16:02,295 --> 00:16:03,396
Now.

463
00:16:04,831 --> 00:16:06,499
I need you two
to take over.

464
00:16:06,566 --> 00:16:08,368
You sure?

465
00:16:08,435 --> 00:16:11,904
Just ask "How much
will that save?"
every few minutes.

466
00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:14,774
And don't you
say a word.

467
00:16:14,841 --> 00:16:16,843
Uh...

468
00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:19,212
please continue,
uh, General Stanley.

469
00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:21,714
Donna and Ryan here
will sit in for me.

470
00:16:21,781 --> 00:16:22,949
( clears throat )

471
00:16:23,016 --> 00:16:25,185
As I was saying,
if we consolidate

472
00:16:25,252 --> 00:16:27,787
the five Air Force
bases into three,

473
00:16:27,854 --> 00:16:29,022
we could upgrade all three

474
00:16:29,089 --> 00:16:31,058
of the aircraft
maintenance facilities

475
00:16:31,124 --> 00:16:32,659
to handle major overhauls.

476
00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:34,061
How much does that save?

477
00:16:34,127 --> 00:16:36,463
Using CBO's baseline
or the DOD projections?

478
00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:37,564
Both.

479
00:16:38,665 --> 00:16:40,433
Well...

480
00:16:40,500 --> 00:16:42,569
CAROL:
Russert's on line three.
Time, Newsweek

481
00:16:42,635 --> 00:16:45,105
and, well, everyone's called
about the Hoynes thing.

482
00:16:45,172 --> 00:16:46,439
Has Greg Brock
called me back yet?

483
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,041
No. And Ben called,
said he has tickets

484
00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,009
to the Kennedy Center
this weekend and...

485
00:16:50,077 --> 00:16:53,346
Tell Russert I
can't do Meet The
Press next week.

486
00:17:01,421 --> 00:17:02,622
Hi, Greg, it's C.J. again.

487
00:17:02,689 --> 00:17:05,358
Hey, did I mention
how useful it is

488
00:17:05,425 --> 00:17:06,959
for a reporter to have
the White House Press Secretary

489
00:17:07,026 --> 00:17:08,728
owe you one?

490
00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:09,862
A big one?

491
00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:12,031
So, call me or tell me

492
00:17:12,099 --> 00:17:14,033
what dark parking
garage to meet you in,

493
00:17:14,101 --> 00:17:15,502
and I'll be right there.

494
00:17:15,568 --> 00:17:16,669
Call me.

495
00:17:16,736 --> 00:17:18,037
Now.

496
00:17:18,105 --> 00:17:19,872
Greg Brock is here.

497
00:17:19,939 --> 00:17:21,274
You have a favorite

498
00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:22,875
parking garage for
this sort of thing?

499
00:17:22,942 --> 00:17:25,778
Come on in, Greg.
Nice to formally meet you.

500
00:17:25,845 --> 00:17:27,614
Of course, I've seen you
out there in the briefings.

501
00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,416
Well, I feel
like I know you already.

502
00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:31,118
Really?
There's nothing
to do in Paris,

503
00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:34,554
so I just sat there
glued to your briefings
on C-SPAN every day.

504
00:17:34,621 --> 00:17:36,789
C-SPAN's what's happening
in Paris these days.

505
00:17:36,856 --> 00:17:39,959
Can I get you anything?
Carol, do we have anything?

506
00:17:40,026 --> 00:17:40,993
Uh, water.

507
00:17:41,060 --> 00:17:41,961
Yeah, thanks.

508
00:17:42,028 --> 00:17:43,062
It's D.C. water.

509
00:17:43,130 --> 00:17:44,331
I'm good.

510
00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:49,169
Every word I'm going to
say is off the record,

511
00:17:49,236 --> 00:17:50,803
so you're not
going to need that.

512
00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:52,572
Okay.

513
00:17:52,639 --> 00:17:54,507
I assume Drudge's
quotes from your
piece are accurate.

514
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:56,042
Yeah. I don't know
how he does it.

515
00:17:56,109 --> 00:17:59,112
I'm going to need
an advance copy of your piece.

516
00:17:59,179 --> 00:18:01,848
So much for
beating around the bush, huh?

517
00:18:01,914 --> 00:18:03,316
You can get advance copies

518
00:18:03,383 --> 00:18:05,585
of the Sunday
Times Magazine Thursday.

519
00:18:05,652 --> 00:18:07,687
Everyone can get
it on Thursday.
Right.

520
00:18:07,754 --> 00:18:10,290
I wouldn't be talking
to you if I needed
it on Thursday.

521
00:18:10,357 --> 00:18:11,758
I need it before
anyone else has it.

522
00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:13,960
I already got hit
with questions about it.

523
00:18:14,026 --> 00:18:15,595
I need it now.

524
00:18:15,662 --> 00:18:18,698
Sorry. I never give subjects
of an article sneak peeks.

525
00:18:18,765 --> 00:18:21,534
But I'm not a subject
of the piece.

526
00:18:21,601 --> 00:18:23,703
Am I?

527
00:18:23,770 --> 00:18:25,505
JOSH:
Sure.

528
00:18:25,572 --> 00:18:27,006
Well, if you hear anything

529
00:18:27,073 --> 00:18:29,642
about Hoynes making any moves on
staff, just let me know.

530
00:18:29,709 --> 00:18:32,179
Okay. Thanks.

531
00:18:32,245 --> 00:18:33,946
You left the kid
alone with the brass?

532
00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:35,348
Just for a minute.

533
00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:37,284
He actually seems
to have a feel for that stuff.

534
00:18:37,350 --> 00:18:38,451
He's faking it.

535
00:18:38,518 --> 00:18:40,153
If you learn one
thing in prep school,

536
00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:42,489
it's how to pretend
like you always know
what's going on.

537
00:18:42,555 --> 00:18:45,625
Rena says Toby's stuck in some
Chinese bra thing and can't...

538
00:18:45,692 --> 00:18:47,394
Okay, do the Chinese
even need bras?

539
00:18:47,460 --> 00:18:48,761
I mean, you know...

540
00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:49,962
No, I don't know.

541
00:18:50,029 --> 00:18:52,064
Some of us are trying
to govern here, Josh.

542
00:18:52,131 --> 00:18:53,866
Toby asked
if you could cover

543
00:18:53,933 --> 00:18:56,603
a meeting with the Mayor.
I said yes, assuming you're

544
00:18:56,669 --> 00:18:59,239
trying to stay out
of the Base Closing meeting.

545
00:18:59,306 --> 00:19:00,473
Good call.

546
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:01,774
Great.
Mayor's on his way.

547
00:19:01,841 --> 00:19:03,243
Hey, Donna?

548
00:19:03,310 --> 00:19:04,677
Which mayor?

549
00:19:04,744 --> 00:19:06,279
I'm not gonna
play that game--

550
00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:07,514
who's in the piece,
who's not,

551
00:19:07,580 --> 00:19:09,182
what's in the piece,
what's not.

552
00:19:09,249 --> 00:19:10,517
I wouldn't
be asking you this

553
00:19:10,583 --> 00:19:12,051
if Drudge didn't
already have it,

554
00:19:12,118 --> 00:19:13,486
if he wasn't
quoting it online.

555
00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:15,255
Drudge has better sources
than you do,

556
00:19:15,322 --> 00:19:16,856
like maybe Hoynes's publisher.

557
00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,024
Publisher?

558
00:19:18,090 --> 00:19:19,459
Hoynes is writing a book?

559
00:19:19,526 --> 00:19:21,194
Just got
a $5 million advance.

560
00:19:21,261 --> 00:19:23,196
Must be saving
some good stuff for it.

561
00:19:23,263 --> 00:19:27,667
Wish I could
help you out, C.J.

562
00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:28,835
( rattling )

563
00:19:30,337 --> 00:19:33,240
But that's just my policy:
no sneak peeks.

564
00:19:36,876 --> 00:19:38,245
By the way,

565
00:19:38,311 --> 00:19:39,579
you think there's any chance

566
00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:41,514
I could get
an exclusive with the President

567
00:19:41,581 --> 00:19:44,317
on his reaction to what Hoynes
has to say in my article?

568
00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:54,461
Yeah. There's a chance.

569
00:19:54,527 --> 00:19:56,229
But I can't promise it.

570
00:19:56,296 --> 00:19:58,231
Can you promise me
that he won't give

571
00:19:58,298 --> 00:19:59,999
anybody else
an exclusive on this?

572
00:20:00,066 --> 00:20:01,668
Yes.
Can you promise me

573
00:20:01,734 --> 00:20:03,503
that if he issues
a written statement

574
00:20:03,570 --> 00:20:04,937
about it, I'll get a copy of it

575
00:20:05,004 --> 00:20:06,673
before
anyone else?
Yes.

576
00:20:08,708 --> 00:20:11,378
You sure you can't promise me
an exclusive?

577
00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:12,745
Yeah, I'm sure.

578
00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:18,851
Well... I really enjoyed
finally meeting you.

579
00:20:51,918 --> 00:20:54,987
Print copies of this for Toby,
Josh, Leo and the President.

580
00:20:55,054 --> 00:20:56,188
The Hoynes article?

581
00:20:56,255 --> 00:20:58,391
How bad is it?

582
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:04,331
So, it's true? We could use
the apparel, uh...

583
00:21:04,397 --> 00:21:05,732
The apparel import
safeguard.

584
00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:07,867
We could use that
to protect American bras?

585
00:21:07,934 --> 00:21:09,602
Yes, but we can't
do anything until

586
00:21:09,669 --> 00:21:11,237
you guys file
a safeguard petition.

587
00:21:11,304 --> 00:21:12,238
Done.

588
00:21:12,305 --> 00:21:13,139
But...

589
00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:14,507
There's another but?

590
00:21:14,574 --> 00:21:16,776
Our trade representative
is in Beijing right now

591
00:21:16,843 --> 00:21:20,580
working on a deal for exporting
American-made cars to China.

592
00:21:20,647 --> 00:21:22,415
And using
the apparel import safeguard

593
00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:23,950
against bras could kill
a deal on cars?

594
00:21:24,016 --> 00:21:25,718
Exactly.
( whispers ):
The Hoynes article.

595
00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,787
BRODERICK:
Better talk to
the Auto Workers on this.

596
00:21:27,854 --> 00:21:29,456
You know what
they're gonna say.

597
00:21:29,522 --> 00:21:31,223
That's not gonna make
this any easier.

598
00:21:31,290 --> 00:21:32,559
Why don't we
take a break,

599
00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,427
and you guys can talk
amongst yourselves

600
00:21:34,494 --> 00:21:36,228
about which is more
important to you--

601
00:21:36,295 --> 00:21:38,631
cars or bras?

602
00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,435
JOSH:
We really appreciate

603
00:21:42,502 --> 00:21:43,770
your coming in,
Mr. Mayor.

604
00:21:43,836 --> 00:21:46,373
Ah, nice to finally see
the inside of the place.

605
00:21:46,439 --> 00:21:48,741
Could you... excuse me
for one second?

606
00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:49,709
Uh, sure...

607
00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:51,043
RYAN:
But if the port

608
00:21:51,110 --> 00:21:52,945
is too shallow
for most of the Navy's ships,

609
00:21:53,012 --> 00:21:55,314
then why wouldn't
you recommend
closing that base?

610
00:21:55,382 --> 00:21:56,449
Whose district?

611
00:21:56,516 --> 00:21:58,451
Chris Finn's.

612
00:21:58,518 --> 00:22:00,219
Because the Base
Closing Commission,

613
00:22:00,286 --> 00:22:01,654
while independent,
is not insane.

614
00:22:01,721 --> 00:22:03,890
They're not going to recommend
closing a base

615
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:06,626
in a congressional district
represented by the Chairman

616
00:22:06,693 --> 00:22:09,396
of the Appropriations
Subcommittee on Armed Services.

617
00:22:09,462 --> 00:22:10,630
( sighs ):
Sorry about this.

618
00:22:10,697 --> 00:22:12,465
I'm gonna be tied
up a little longer.

619
00:22:12,532 --> 00:22:13,900
Don't let Ryan
slow you down.

620
00:22:13,966 --> 00:22:16,335
GENERAL STANLEY:
We also recommend no changes

621
00:22:16,403 --> 00:22:17,704
for Point Mugu
Naval Air Station

622
00:22:17,770 --> 00:22:19,238
and the Marine
Air Station...

623
00:22:19,305 --> 00:22:20,573
This can't be
your first time here.

624
00:22:20,640 --> 00:22:22,174
It is during this
administration.

625
00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:23,476
Oh.

626
00:22:23,543 --> 00:22:25,678
( half-whispers ):
The Hoynes article.

627
00:22:27,747 --> 00:22:29,281
So the President
wants to issue

628
00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:30,550
a joint statement
with you

629
00:22:30,617 --> 00:22:32,652
opposing
the voucher rider

630
00:22:32,719 --> 00:22:35,021
on the snow removal
appropriation.

631
00:22:35,087 --> 00:22:37,524
But I want the money.

632
00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,559
Oh, we'll get it
for you eventually,

633
00:22:39,626 --> 00:22:41,060
we'll have to go through
at least one round

634
00:22:41,127 --> 00:22:42,495
of the President
vetoing it

635
00:22:42,562 --> 00:22:44,764
in order to get them
to send us a clean bill

636
00:22:44,831 --> 00:22:47,233
with no vouchers
attached.

637
00:22:47,299 --> 00:22:50,069
I want the voucher
money, too.

638
00:22:50,136 --> 00:22:51,438
Huh?

639
00:22:51,504 --> 00:22:53,205
I'd like the President
to sign the bill

640
00:22:53,272 --> 00:22:54,574
with the vouchers.

641
00:22:54,641 --> 00:22:56,042
Mr. Mayor, he's vetoed

642
00:22:56,108 --> 00:22:58,511
every school vouchers bill
they've sent him.

643
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:00,613
I know, but this is
just a pilot program,

644
00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:02,415
a little
voucher experiment,

645
00:23:02,482 --> 00:23:04,451
help pay for maybe
a couple hundred kids

646
00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:05,952
to go to private school,

647
00:23:06,018 --> 00:23:10,156
out of 68,000 in the D.C.
public school system.

648
00:23:10,222 --> 00:23:12,091
We're against vouchers, period.

649
00:23:12,158 --> 00:23:15,428
And by "we," I mean
the entire Democratic Party.

650
00:23:15,495 --> 00:23:17,530
You're still
a Democrat, right?

651
00:23:17,597 --> 00:23:18,798
( chuckling )

652
00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:21,634
This bill got
four Democratic votes

653
00:23:21,701 --> 00:23:24,170
in the Senate and
42 in the House.

654
00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:27,740
Look, it wasn't my idea
to put Congress

655
00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:30,510
in control
of the D.C. budget.

656
00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:32,311
Then help us
fight them on this.

657
00:23:32,378 --> 00:23:36,115
Why don't you help me get
some kids a better education?

658
00:23:37,850 --> 00:23:38,951
RYAN:
But if we bring him in

659
00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:40,787
to talk about it,
then there's...

660
00:23:40,853 --> 00:23:42,755
STANLEY:
Congressman Finn would
not only prevent us

661
00:23:42,822 --> 00:23:44,824
from closing the base
in his district,

662
00:23:44,891 --> 00:23:46,693
he would make it
his life's mission

663
00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:49,295
to derail
the entire process.

664
00:23:49,361 --> 00:23:53,500
The next base on our list
is 29 Palms Marine Base

665
00:23:53,566 --> 00:23:55,502
which is our best training
facility

666
00:23:55,568 --> 00:23:56,869
for desert
warfare,

667
00:23:56,936 --> 00:23:59,005
and obviously we
need to expand

668
00:23:59,071 --> 00:24:02,609
our training capacity
there, building facilities...

669
00:24:05,512 --> 00:24:06,946
Hi, could you get me

670
00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:09,849
Congressman
Christopher Finn, please?

671
00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:11,217
Ryan Pierce.

672
00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:14,921
I'm with the, uh,
Base Closing Commission.

673
00:24:43,650 --> 00:24:45,351
Can you believe this guy?

674
00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:46,485
Yeah, I can.

675
00:24:46,553 --> 00:24:47,987
This is the Hoynes
I know--

676
00:24:48,054 --> 00:24:50,590
self-centered,
self-important...

677
00:24:59,298 --> 00:25:00,399
They ready for me?

678
00:25:00,466 --> 00:25:01,734
Uh, I think they're
still reading,

679
00:25:01,801 --> 00:25:02,969
but you can go in.

680
00:25:04,403 --> 00:25:05,605
C.J.
Yeah?

681
00:25:05,672 --> 00:25:07,306
Don't go on TV with
Taylor Reid again

682
00:25:07,373 --> 00:25:09,041
unless you're going to tell him
what an idiotic,

683
00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:10,543
shallow, uninformed
and lying punk he is.

684
00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:12,745
I think he knows that.

685
00:25:18,284 --> 00:25:21,253
I never said he could
"beat the rap."

686
00:25:24,691 --> 00:25:26,626
I didn't say
any of this.

687
00:25:26,693 --> 00:25:28,628
TOBY:
We're going to have to get

688
00:25:28,695 --> 00:25:30,296
the Mayor on the president's
schedule today.

689
00:25:30,362 --> 00:25:31,297
Which mayor?

690
00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:32,298
D.C.

691
00:25:32,364 --> 00:25:33,332
It's about time.

692
00:25:33,399 --> 00:25:34,333
Huh?

693
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:35,668
No problem.

694
00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:40,840
I don't remember
the exact words I used.

695
00:25:40,907 --> 00:25:42,008
Weather.

696
00:25:42,074 --> 00:25:43,910
I think you said we
could "weather this."

697
00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,578
C.J.:
How is that different
from "beat the rap"?

698
00:25:45,645 --> 00:25:46,613
It's completely
different.

699
00:25:46,679 --> 00:25:47,980
It's not
different enough

700
00:25:48,047 --> 00:25:49,248
for me to go out there
and fight about it.

701
00:25:49,315 --> 00:25:51,150
Did you tell him
he shouldn't have used

702
00:25:51,217 --> 00:25:52,652
White House phones?
No.

703
00:25:52,719 --> 00:25:55,487
I said, "Didn't you
know the White House

704
00:25:55,554 --> 00:25:57,256
keeps records
of phone calls?"

705
00:25:57,323 --> 00:25:59,325
Oh, great, that's
completely different.

706
00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:01,560
Did you tell him we could
say this was a right wing

707
00:26:01,628 --> 00:26:02,629
conspiracy
against the White House?

708
00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,096
Absolutely not.

709
00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:06,332
Did you tell him he could
deny the whole thing?

710
00:26:06,398 --> 00:26:08,768
I asked him if he was
"in a position to deny it."

711
00:26:08,835 --> 00:26:11,237
Okay, um, couple more things.

712
00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:13,005
He says you pressed
him for details

713
00:26:13,072 --> 00:26:15,274
and he said, "It's none
of your business"?
Yes.

714
00:26:15,341 --> 00:26:17,276
Leo, did you say the woman
was a "cheap whore,"

715
00:26:17,343 --> 00:26:19,646
and did you suggest she
had other "customers"?

716
00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:21,413
No, I said she was
a cheap person

717
00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:22,849
because she sold
her story.

718
00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,550
What kind of person
does something like that?

719
00:26:24,617 --> 00:26:26,252
And, Mr. President,
did you say

720
00:26:26,318 --> 00:26:29,155
"We've got to start attacking
her tonight, right now"?
No.

721
00:26:29,221 --> 00:26:31,357
Anything like that?
I think I said
something like,

722
00:26:31,423 --> 00:26:33,192
if we were going to
get him through this,

723
00:26:33,259 --> 00:26:34,827
we're going to have
to start right now.

724
00:26:34,894 --> 00:26:36,328
LEO:
And I said since
she sold her story,

725
00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:38,564
she's not going to have
a lot of credibility.

726
00:26:38,631 --> 00:26:40,066
Anything else about the woman?

727
00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:42,802
Nothing.

728
00:26:42,869 --> 00:26:44,503
You sure?
Yeah.

729
00:26:44,570 --> 00:26:46,673
I'm done.

730
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:52,178
You think he's
getting ready to run?

731
00:26:52,244 --> 00:26:54,046
JOSH:
Made some calls.

732
00:26:54,113 --> 00:26:55,915
He hasn't made any
moves on staff yet.

733
00:26:55,982 --> 00:26:58,685
Got some calls out
to the usual suspects

734
00:26:58,751 --> 00:26:59,919
in Iowa and New Hampshire,

735
00:26:59,986 --> 00:27:00,887
I'm waiting
to hear...

736
00:27:00,953 --> 00:27:02,621
He's writing a book.

737
00:27:02,689 --> 00:27:04,957
A book?
Greg Brock told me.

738
00:27:05,024 --> 00:27:06,192
Big advance.

739
00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:07,860
LEO:
Then he's
definitely running.

740
00:27:07,927 --> 00:27:09,428
JOSH:
He's going
to make the book

741
00:27:09,495 --> 00:27:10,629
the final word
on the scandal,

742
00:27:10,697 --> 00:27:12,398
hold his wife's
hand on Oprah

743
00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:13,733
and catch the next
flight to Iowa.

744
00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,501
And rewrite history
with the book.

745
00:27:15,567 --> 00:27:16,936
PRESIDENT:
His own version

746
00:27:17,003 --> 00:27:19,739
of every conversation
we've ever had with him.

747
00:27:29,682 --> 00:27:31,517
We got to take
a shot at Hoynes.

748
00:27:31,583 --> 00:27:32,551
We got
to let him know

749
00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:34,420
we have ways
of fighting back.

750
00:27:34,486 --> 00:27:36,322
What ways?
We need a list.

751
00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,189
Of what?

752
00:27:37,256 --> 00:27:38,024
A list of all of his

753
00:27:38,090 --> 00:27:38,858
private on-the-job screw-ups.

754
00:27:38,925 --> 00:27:40,026
Every time Hoynes

755
00:27:40,092 --> 00:27:41,227
gave the President
bad advice,

756
00:27:41,293 --> 00:27:42,561
every mistake
he ever made,

757
00:27:42,628 --> 00:27:43,830
big and small.

758
00:27:45,064 --> 00:27:46,833
LEO:
That mess he made

759
00:27:46,899 --> 00:27:48,300
with Mexico on immigration.

760
00:27:48,367 --> 00:27:50,536
JOSH:
The way he tipped our
hand on the Energy bill.

761
00:27:50,602 --> 00:27:51,537
TOBY:
And lost
the entire

762
00:27:51,603 --> 00:27:52,671
New York delegation

763
00:27:52,739 --> 00:27:54,373
on the Transportation bill.

764
00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:56,242
WILL:
We start leaking it
to the press bit by bit.

765
00:27:56,308 --> 00:27:58,144
No. Give it to me.
I'll fire a warning shot.

766
00:27:58,210 --> 00:27:59,746
You can't do that
in the briefing room.

767
00:27:59,812 --> 00:28:00,880
It'll make it
too big a story.

768
00:28:00,947 --> 00:28:01,981
We'll all look bad.

769
00:28:02,048 --> 00:28:03,449
I won't do it in the briefing.

770
00:28:04,951 --> 00:28:06,819
You'll have
the list in an hour.

771
00:28:16,729 --> 00:28:18,230
You mean the ones Hoynes
almost screwed up?

772
00:28:18,297 --> 00:28:19,065
Right.

773
00:28:19,131 --> 00:28:19,999
The next section
are the bills

774
00:28:20,066 --> 00:28:21,400
he really did screw up,

775
00:28:21,467 --> 00:28:24,270
and the last 12 pages
have all the diplomatic stuff.

776
00:28:24,336 --> 00:28:25,637
He managed to offend

777
00:28:25,704 --> 00:28:28,007
seven South American heads
of state in a five-day trip.

778
00:28:28,074 --> 00:28:29,341
Got the China statement?

779
00:28:29,408 --> 00:28:31,143
We're going to make
a move on bras.

780
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:33,612
You sure you don't want
to insert a joke here?

781
00:28:33,679 --> 00:28:35,047
So we want to scare
them on bras

782
00:28:35,114 --> 00:28:36,916
to get us a better
deal on cars.

783
00:28:36,983 --> 00:28:39,551
Exactly, so go tough on
bras, but not too tough.

784
00:28:39,618 --> 00:28:41,954
And promise me something.
What?

785
00:28:42,021 --> 00:28:43,756
You'll never let them make
a list of my screw-ups.

786
00:28:43,823 --> 00:28:45,291
They wouldn't
have enough paper.

787
00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:48,160
MAYOR:
The President can sign
the bill

788
00:28:48,227 --> 00:28:50,029
and say he still
opposes vouchers.

789
00:28:50,096 --> 00:28:52,031
He signs bills with
little things in them

790
00:28:52,098 --> 00:28:54,033
that he opposes
all the time.

791
00:28:54,100 --> 00:28:55,734
We open the door
an inch on vouchers,

792
00:28:55,802 --> 00:28:57,069
we'd have an open
revolt by most

793
00:28:57,136 --> 00:28:58,670
of the Democrats
on the Hill.

794
00:28:58,737 --> 00:29:03,042
Uh, I'm sorry...
Mr. Mayor.

795
00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:05,244
Can you excuse me
again for a second?

796
00:29:05,311 --> 00:29:07,146
Sure. I'll wait.

797
00:29:07,213 --> 00:29:09,281
50% of the jobs
in my district

798
00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:11,884
are dependent
on that base-- 50%.

799
00:29:11,951 --> 00:29:13,119
Congressman Finn...

800
00:29:13,185 --> 00:29:14,887
It's been there
since World War II.

801
00:29:14,954 --> 00:29:16,856
The town grew up
around the base.

802
00:29:16,923 --> 00:29:18,657
There is no town
without the base.

803
00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:20,860
JOSH:
Congressman, I want you
to know you have

804
00:29:20,927 --> 00:29:22,294
the President's
complete support on this.

805
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:23,562
FINN:
See?

806
00:29:23,629 --> 00:29:24,864
President gets it.

807
00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:26,698
You can't close
this base.

808
00:29:26,765 --> 00:29:28,434
Thanks, Josh.

809
00:29:28,500 --> 00:29:29,235
Josh,
we didn't...

810
00:29:29,301 --> 00:29:30,069
RYAN:
Uh, I just

811
00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:31,403
thought we should
bring...

812
00:29:31,470 --> 00:29:34,073
Can I see you outside
for a second?

813
00:29:41,814 --> 00:29:43,149
Okay, that's it.
You're fired.

814
00:29:43,215 --> 00:29:44,383
That's good. Okay.

815
00:29:44,450 --> 00:29:46,018
Um... wave your
finger in my face.

816
00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:47,186
Look like you're
going to hit me.

817
00:29:47,253 --> 00:29:48,454
Are you out of your mind?

818
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:49,788
That's good.
That's great.

819
00:29:49,856 --> 00:29:51,023
Uh, show
Congressman Finn

820
00:29:51,090 --> 00:29:52,992
you're ready to kill
to save his base.

821
00:29:53,059 --> 00:29:55,061
Come on, he's going
to love you for this.

822
00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:57,263
He'll back you up on
everything you want

823
00:29:57,329 --> 00:29:58,797
the Commissioners
to do.

824
00:29:58,865 --> 00:30:00,032
And believe me,
they're a lot more

825
00:30:00,099 --> 00:30:01,167
afraid of him than
they are of you.

826
00:30:01,233 --> 00:30:02,601
Just give me your
West Wing pass.

827
00:30:02,668 --> 00:30:03,369
Oh, that's good.

828
00:30:03,435 --> 00:30:05,504
That's good.

829
00:30:05,571 --> 00:30:07,139
Does Finn look like
he's buying this?

830
00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,908
I told you not to open
your mouth in that room.

831
00:30:08,975 --> 00:30:10,109
Finn's
going to be

832
00:30:10,176 --> 00:30:11,410
grateful to you for
the rest of his life

833
00:30:11,477 --> 00:30:12,378
for saving his base.

834
00:30:12,444 --> 00:30:14,046
You're going
to get credit

835
00:30:14,113 --> 00:30:16,282
for what the Commission
was going to do anyway.

836
00:30:17,816 --> 00:30:19,151
You planned this?

837
00:30:19,218 --> 00:30:21,687
Do you want me to look
like I'm crying?

838
00:30:21,753 --> 00:30:22,889
I can do that.

839
00:30:22,955 --> 00:30:24,690
I can look like
I'm crying.

840
00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:27,259
( breaths deeply )

841
00:30:28,460 --> 00:30:29,261
Stop.

842
00:30:29,328 --> 00:30:31,130
The President is considering

843
00:30:31,197 --> 00:30:33,299
a petition to impose
an import safeguard

844
00:30:33,365 --> 00:30:35,968
on Chinese made apparel,
beginning with bras.

845
00:30:36,035 --> 00:30:38,170
He ready for us?

846
00:30:38,237 --> 00:30:40,006
Uh, a couple
of minutes.

847
00:30:40,072 --> 00:30:41,540
The President
also intends to continue

848
00:30:41,607 --> 00:30:43,509
to press the Chinese
to open their markets

849
00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:44,977
to American made cars.

850
00:30:45,044 --> 00:30:47,546
China is now the world's fastest
growing market

851
00:30:47,613 --> 00:30:48,915
for cars and trucks.

852
00:30:48,981 --> 00:30:51,283
Mr. Mayor, hi,
I'm Charlie Young.

853
00:30:51,350 --> 00:30:53,285
Hey, Charlie,
good to meet you.

854
00:30:53,352 --> 00:30:54,153
How you doing?

855
00:30:54,220 --> 00:30:55,821
I'm doing great,
just great.

856
00:30:55,888 --> 00:30:58,824
I wanted to introduce myself
because, well, I'm a big fan.

857
00:30:58,891 --> 00:30:59,825
Well, thank you.

858
00:30:59,892 --> 00:31:01,027
I voted for you
both times.

859
00:31:01,093 --> 00:31:02,661
I hope you
vote for me next time.

860
00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:04,796
Every time.

861
00:31:04,863 --> 00:31:06,098
No, the President
has no intention

862
00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:07,699
of starting
a worldwide bra war.

863
00:31:07,766 --> 00:31:09,035
( chuckling )

864
00:31:09,101 --> 00:31:10,102
I really don't think
the President

865
00:31:10,169 --> 00:31:11,303
would ever want to start a war

866
00:31:11,370 --> 00:31:12,671
that the French
might actually win.

867
00:31:12,738 --> 00:31:13,940
( laughing )

868
00:31:14,006 --> 00:31:15,207
C.J., can you confirm
or deny the statements

869
00:31:15,274 --> 00:31:16,909
former Vice President
Hoynes has attributed

870
00:31:16,976 --> 00:31:19,178
to President Bartlet
and Leo McGarry?

871
00:31:19,245 --> 00:31:20,712
Mark, the President...
Specifically,
did they tell him

872
00:31:20,779 --> 00:31:22,448
he could beat the rap
and they would help him do it?

873
00:31:22,514 --> 00:31:24,050
C.J.:
Okay, everyone,
get this down

874
00:31:24,116 --> 00:31:25,717
because I'm only going
to say this once--

875
00:31:25,784 --> 00:31:27,486
The President and Mr. McGarry

876
00:31:27,553 --> 00:31:30,622
feel they have not
been accurately quoted...

877
00:31:30,689 --> 00:31:31,657
( shouting )

878
00:31:31,723 --> 00:31:32,891
Hold on, Mark.

879
00:31:32,959 --> 00:31:34,426
They refuse to comment
on any part

880
00:31:34,493 --> 00:31:36,095
of the conversation they
had with the Vice President

881
00:31:36,162 --> 00:31:37,629
just prior
to his resignation.

882
00:31:37,696 --> 00:31:40,066
They believed they were
providing advice and support

883
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:41,800
to a friend who came to them

884
00:31:41,867 --> 00:31:43,535
with a very serious
personal problem

885
00:31:43,602 --> 00:31:45,671
that was going to affect
his work and his family.

886
00:31:45,737 --> 00:31:47,573
They believed that conversation
was private,

887
00:31:47,639 --> 00:31:49,741
and as far as they're concerned,
it still is.

888
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:52,011
( shouting )

889
00:31:52,078 --> 00:31:53,145
I'm sorry,
Mr. President,

890
00:31:53,212 --> 00:31:54,580
but we can argue
this all night

891
00:31:54,646 --> 00:31:56,482
and I'm not going
to change my mind.

892
00:31:56,548 --> 00:31:57,984
PRESIDENT:
Again.

893
00:31:58,050 --> 00:32:00,219
I'm not
the only one.

894
00:32:00,286 --> 00:32:03,422
My school board president
changed her mind, too.

895
00:32:03,489 --> 00:32:04,590
JOSH:
Janny...

896
00:32:04,656 --> 00:32:05,724
Scott.

897
00:32:05,791 --> 00:32:07,259
She's in favor
of vouchers now?

898
00:32:07,326 --> 00:32:08,961
She used to rail
against them.

899
00:32:09,028 --> 00:32:10,596
After six years
of us promising

900
00:32:10,662 --> 00:32:12,631
to make schools
better next year,

901
00:32:12,698 --> 00:32:14,666
we're ready to give
vouchers a try.

902
00:32:14,733 --> 00:32:16,702
We're ready to give
anything a try.

903
00:32:16,768 --> 00:32:20,472
You start handing out tuition
vouchers for private schools,

904
00:32:20,539 --> 00:32:23,042
you're sending the message
that it's time

905
00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:24,876
to give up on public schools.

906
00:32:24,943 --> 00:32:26,078
With all due respect,
Mr. President,

907
00:32:26,145 --> 00:32:27,313
no one gets to talk to me

908
00:32:27,379 --> 00:32:28,981
about giving up
on public schools.

909
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:30,616
I assume I'm the only
one in this room

910
00:32:30,682 --> 00:32:32,851
who actually went
to public school.

911
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:34,653
And you couldn't be a better
advertisement for them.

912
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,955
Kids weren't bringing
guns to school in my day.

913
00:32:37,023 --> 00:32:38,424
Republicans want
to spend more

914
00:32:38,490 --> 00:32:39,525
on D.C. education,

915
00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:41,093
they should spend it
on public schools.

916
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:42,194
We spend over
$13,000

917
00:32:42,261 --> 00:32:43,862
per student,
that's more than

918
00:32:43,929 --> 00:32:45,264
anywhere else
in the country,

919
00:32:45,331 --> 00:32:47,133
and we don't have
a lot to show for it.

920
00:32:47,199 --> 00:32:48,967
But if we start
diverting money

921
00:32:49,035 --> 00:32:50,069
away from public schools,

922
00:32:50,136 --> 00:32:51,270
that's
the beginning

923
00:32:51,337 --> 00:32:52,871
of the end of
public education.

924
00:32:52,938 --> 00:32:55,207
This is extra money
the Republicans will give me

925
00:32:55,274 --> 00:32:56,808
only for school vouchers,
nothing else.

926
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:59,045
They're just using you
to try and divide the Party.

927
00:32:59,111 --> 00:33:00,646
I'm the only mayor in America

928
00:33:00,712 --> 00:33:03,715
whose budget is controlled
by Congress and the President.

929
00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:06,952
And you guys never miss a chance
to play political games

930
00:33:07,019 --> 00:33:08,487
with the city I'm trying to run.

931
00:33:08,554 --> 00:33:10,689
Your Honor,
I'm not trying
to tell you

932
00:33:10,756 --> 00:33:11,857
how to run your city.

933
00:33:11,923 --> 00:33:13,192
Yes, you are,
Mr. President.

934
00:33:13,259 --> 00:33:15,027
Congress is, too.
And I resent it.

935
00:33:15,094 --> 00:33:17,429
But this time, they
want to give me money

936
00:33:17,496 --> 00:33:21,167
for something that might
actually help some students.

937
00:33:23,035 --> 00:33:24,436
I'm sorry.

938
00:33:24,503 --> 00:33:27,339
I don't know how to refuse that.

939
00:33:29,941 --> 00:33:31,810
This is a pilot program?

940
00:33:31,877 --> 00:33:34,780
Enough money
for a couple hundred students.

941
00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:36,515
I have a few thousand names

942
00:33:36,582 --> 00:33:38,817
on a waiting list
for vouchers already.

943
00:33:38,884 --> 00:33:41,420
Go into any one
of my schools,
ask kids who want

944
00:33:41,487 --> 00:33:44,056
to go to college
what they think of vouchers.

945
00:33:44,123 --> 00:33:46,225
They'll ask you
where they can sign up.

946
00:33:47,459 --> 00:33:49,628
Could you ask Charlie
to come in, please?

947
00:33:55,067 --> 00:33:56,302
Am I caught up
on phone calls?

948
00:33:56,368 --> 00:33:57,536
You got everybody
but Ben.

949
00:33:57,603 --> 00:33:59,004
You want to see
if I can get him?

950
00:33:59,071 --> 00:34:00,239
No, thanks.

951
00:34:03,675 --> 00:34:05,877
What? Did I screw up
the China thing?

952
00:34:05,944 --> 00:34:07,813
No. That was great. Perfect.

953
00:34:07,879 --> 00:34:09,581
You going over there now?

954
00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:11,250
Yeah.

955
00:34:11,317 --> 00:34:13,452
I thought maybe I
could give you a ride.

956
00:34:13,519 --> 00:34:14,853
No.

957
00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,189
Thanks, Toby,
but I'll be okay.

958
00:34:17,256 --> 00:34:18,524
You sure?

959
00:34:18,590 --> 00:34:19,191
Yeah.

960
00:34:19,258 --> 00:34:20,959
I'll see you later.

961
00:34:21,026 --> 00:34:24,396
PRESIDENT:
Charlie, would you
sit down, please?

962
00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,136
Would you tell us where
you went to high school?

963
00:34:30,202 --> 00:34:31,069
Roosevelt.

964
00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:32,838
A public school.

965
00:34:32,904 --> 00:34:34,173
Yes, sir.

966
00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:36,007
Where'd you want to
go to school, Charlie?

967
00:34:36,074 --> 00:34:37,143
Gonzaga.

968
00:34:37,209 --> 00:34:38,977
A parochial school,

969
00:34:39,044 --> 00:34:39,945
near Union Station.

970
00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:41,280
Why?

971
00:34:41,347 --> 00:34:42,981
There's never been
a shooting there.

972
00:34:43,048 --> 00:34:44,450
They don't even have
metal detectors.

973
00:34:44,516 --> 00:34:46,385
Almost everyone
goes to college.

974
00:34:46,452 --> 00:34:47,586
Couldn't afford it?

975
00:34:47,653 --> 00:34:49,455
Couldn't come close
to affording it.

976
00:34:51,290 --> 00:34:53,159
You know what
this meeting's about?

977
00:34:53,225 --> 00:34:54,160
Yes, sir.

978
00:34:54,226 --> 00:34:55,494
The Mayor told me.

979
00:34:55,561 --> 00:34:56,995
What do you think
about trying

980
00:34:57,062 --> 00:34:59,831
an experimental voucher
program for D.C. schools?

981
00:34:59,898 --> 00:35:02,268
I wish they would have had one
when I was in school.

982
00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:05,371
You planning on telling me
that anytime soon?

983
00:35:05,437 --> 00:35:08,407
Can't say that I was, sir.

984
00:35:08,474 --> 00:35:10,742
Your Honor, I'm going to need
your help

985
00:35:10,809 --> 00:35:13,845
putting out some fires
within the Party
on this one.

986
00:35:13,912 --> 00:35:15,514
You got it.

987
00:35:15,581 --> 00:35:17,216
Thank you, Mr. President.

988
00:35:26,024 --> 00:35:28,660
WOMAN:
The Vice President
will see you now.

989
00:35:35,267 --> 00:35:36,902
Hey, C.J.,
great to see you.

990
00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,069
Mr. Vice President.

991
00:35:38,136 --> 00:35:39,605
Oh, come on
with that title.

992
00:35:39,671 --> 00:35:41,673
I think we're back
to John now, don't you?

993
00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:44,476
How have you been?
You look great, just great.
Please, sit down.

994
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,278
I don't want to take up
too much of your time.

995
00:35:46,345 --> 00:35:48,914
Hey, I'm the only lawyer
here who doesn't have
any clients yet,

996
00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:50,816
so I got all the time
in the world. Sit, please.

997
00:35:50,882 --> 00:35:53,585
You should take a
look at this list.

998
00:36:04,029 --> 00:36:06,765
If you're going to continue
to try to rehabilitate yourself

999
00:36:06,832 --> 00:36:09,167
by throwing mud and lies
at the President, then...

1000
00:36:09,235 --> 00:36:11,637
C.J., you can stop.
I get it.

1001
00:36:15,106 --> 00:36:16,942
You mind if I keep this?

1002
00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:21,146
Please do. You can give
it to whoever is ghost-
writing your book.

1003
00:36:21,213 --> 00:36:22,648
You can tell the President

1004
00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:24,283
he doesn't have to worry
about the book.

1005
00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:25,984
I'm not going to try
to make him look bad.

1006
00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:27,519
I'm just trying to get
this scandal behind me,

1007
00:36:27,586 --> 00:36:29,087
so I can get on with my life.

1008
00:36:29,154 --> 00:36:32,458
Tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?

1009
00:36:32,524 --> 00:36:33,659
Well...

1010
00:36:33,725 --> 00:36:36,027
I'm gonna call it
Full Disclosure.

1011
00:36:36,094 --> 00:36:37,796
What do you think?
Good title?

1012
00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,133
Am I going to be
in the book?

1013
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:43,802
Yes.

1014
00:36:43,869 --> 00:36:45,937
Not mentioning you would be kind
of strange, don't you think?

1015
00:36:46,004 --> 00:36:48,574
I mean, after the President
and the Vice President,

1016
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,343
you're the most visible person
working in the White House.

1017
00:36:51,410 --> 00:36:53,312
I'd prefer not to be.

1018
00:36:55,847 --> 00:36:59,451
C.J., you've got nothing
to worry about, I promise.

1019
00:37:06,358 --> 00:37:07,693
What are you gonna
do in the campaign

1020
00:37:07,759 --> 00:37:09,160
when the stories
start coming out?

1021
00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:10,462
Those stories?

1022
00:37:10,529 --> 00:37:12,030
No. The other women.

1023
00:37:12,097 --> 00:37:14,333
I haven't decided to run.
I really...

1024
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,335
Because there have been
other women, right?

1025
00:37:16,402 --> 00:37:19,471
Lots of them, right?

1026
00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:22,341
Because the way
you came on to me...

1027
00:37:22,408 --> 00:37:24,576
way too smooth,
way too practiced.

1028
00:37:24,643 --> 00:37:26,645
C.J., that was ten years ago.
I'm sorry...

1029
00:37:26,712 --> 00:37:28,113
When you run
for President,

1030
00:37:28,179 --> 00:37:29,948
the press is going to
find some of those women.

1031
00:37:30,015 --> 00:37:31,550
And if you try to attack them,

1032
00:37:31,617 --> 00:37:34,052
if you get your opposition
research team working on them,

1033
00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:35,521
if you try to destroy them,

1034
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,623
if you try to say
they are all bimbos and liars,

1035
00:37:37,689 --> 00:37:39,325
then I'll be standing
right there with them.

1036
00:37:39,391 --> 00:37:40,659
And I'll be ready
to take anything

1037
00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:42,428
you or your people throw
at me, anything.

1038
00:37:42,494 --> 00:37:44,296
So, don't make me tell
the truth about you,

1039
00:37:44,363 --> 00:37:46,798
because it will be
the whole truth.

1040
00:38:37,983 --> 00:38:39,985
( sighs )

1041
00:38:47,192 --> 00:38:49,395
( gently knocking )

1042
00:38:49,461 --> 00:38:51,062
TOBY:
You okay?

1043
00:38:51,129 --> 00:38:53,331
No.

1044
00:38:53,399 --> 00:38:55,701
Is there anything I can do?

1045
00:38:55,767 --> 00:38:58,604
No.

1046
00:38:58,670 --> 00:39:00,439
Okay.

1047
00:39:00,506 --> 00:39:02,741
What do I need
to catch up on?

1048
00:39:02,808 --> 00:39:06,978
President signed
a school vouchers bill for D.C.

1049
00:39:07,045 --> 00:39:08,346
You kidding?

1050
00:39:08,414 --> 00:39:12,384
I leave the building
for an hour, and he
switches parties?

1051
00:39:12,451 --> 00:39:14,420
You need a
press release?

1052
00:39:14,486 --> 00:39:15,421
No, it can wait.

1053
00:39:15,487 --> 00:39:16,788
I'll be in my office.

1054
00:39:16,855 --> 00:39:18,089
Toby?

1055
00:39:18,156 --> 00:39:19,791
Yeah?

1056
00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:42,347
There is no night of my life
I regret more than that one.

1057
00:39:42,414 --> 00:39:44,483
You don't have to explain it.

1058
00:39:44,550 --> 00:39:47,653
I wish I could,
but I can't explain it.

1059
00:39:47,719 --> 00:39:50,221
I knew he was married.

1060
00:39:50,288 --> 00:39:52,758
I knew it.

1061
00:39:53,992 --> 00:39:57,128
I always thought
women who do that...

1062
00:40:01,667 --> 00:40:05,704
If I could take back
one moment of my life,

1063
00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:08,740
it would be getting on
that elevator...

1064
00:40:18,149 --> 00:40:19,785
I'm sorry.

1065
00:40:19,851 --> 00:40:22,788
You don't have to apologize
to me.

1066
00:40:22,854 --> 00:40:26,191
I don't have anyone else
I can apologize to.

1067
00:40:29,895 --> 00:40:31,963
I'll come back to your office
in a few minutes,

1068
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:34,199
and we can work on
the release.

1069
00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:36,434
Sure.

1070
00:41:10,101 --> 00:41:12,971
Ben, hi, it's C.J.

1071
00:41:14,873 --> 00:41:16,141
Oh...

1072
00:41:16,207 --> 00:41:19,945
I guess I've had better days
at the office.

1073
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:24,850
Oh, you know, the usual,
and-and then some.

1074
00:41:28,186 --> 00:41:30,255
Yeah, I'd love to.

1075
00:41:30,321 --> 00:41:32,457
Let me just check
the schedule tomorrow

1076
00:41:32,524 --> 00:41:36,127
when Carol's here, you know,
make sure I'm clear that night.

1077
00:41:38,129 --> 00:41:41,099
That sounds great.

1078
00:41:41,166 --> 00:41:43,168
Ben...

1079
00:41:43,234 --> 00:41:45,503
could you do me a favor?

1080
00:41:45,571 --> 00:41:48,540
Would you mind
talking to me for awhile

1081
00:41:48,607 --> 00:41:50,942
and letting me just listen?

1082
00:41:53,579 --> 00:41:55,113
I don't know.
Whatever you want.

1083
00:41:55,180 --> 00:41:58,550
Just as long as it has
nothing to do with my job.

1084
00:42:03,521 --> 00:42:05,123
Uh-huh...