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Previously on The West Wing:
You're going on a CODEL
to the Middle East

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with Fitzwallace and Andy.

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No presidential
hand-holding.

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You're gonna see
what's going on.

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Brief me and Toby about it.

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C.J.:
Explosion in Gaza.

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What about Donna?
She was in the car that...

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Andy saw people put
in ambulances.

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That's all she knows.

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Three dead so far, sir.

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Congressmen DeSantos and Korb.

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And we just got word--

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Admiral Fitzwallace.

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I asked Fitz to go.

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The people responsible

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will be found
and brought to justice.

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Don't promise that.

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I know the world.

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He told me, when he
was a kid his dad
took him sailing

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on the long Island Sound.

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Scared the hell
out of him, so he
joined the Navy.

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( phone rings )

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Kate Harper.

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It's Leo.

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Hello.

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How's Gail?

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Not great.

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Yeah. Sir, there's been

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an Israeli missile strike
in Gaza City.

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I'm on my way.

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NEWSMAN:
But before we go
to the President's address,

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we want to show you some of the
first footage from Gaza City.

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Chairman Farad,
I need you to do

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all you can to
prevent retribution.

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No, Mr. Chairman, we had
nothing to do with it.

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No, sir, Israel did not
discuss the missile
strike with us.

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60 seconds.
Sir, you
don't want

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to make this
more difficult for us.

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We need access
to the site in Gaza.

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And I will urge the Israelis
to hold off on further attacks.

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Most strongly, sir.

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And to you, Mr. Chairman.

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Somebody get me
the Israeli prime minister.

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We're trying
to reach him.

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The ambassador's
on her way.

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We're their closest ally
on the planet--

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you'd think they could
pick up the damn phone.

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Is that the statement?

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We get anything
from the FBI yet?

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I was just
about to...
Go.

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Yes, sir.
30 seconds, please.

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Sir.

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Sir, Carol's circulating
the draft already.

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"Tyranny of terror"?
"Death mongers"?

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What is this, Tolkien?

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The stronger your language now,
the more leeway...

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I'm not saying it.
15 seconds.

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C.J.:
I'm gonna try and put

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a hold on the draft.
LEO:
Mr. President.

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I'm fine.
In five,

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four, three, two...

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PRESIDENT:
My fellow Americans,
good evening.

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This morning we lost

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three distinguished Americans

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in a despicable act of terror
in the Middle East.

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I come before you shocked
and saddened by our loss,

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and angered, as we all are,
by the tragedy thrust upon us.

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The search is underway
for those responsible.

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I ask for your patience
while we hunt for answers.

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And as we pray
with those who grieve,

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let us resolve to search
not only for justice,

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but also for a just end

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to this senseless cycle
of violence.

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Thank you, goodnight,

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and God bless America.

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From the Oval Office,
Josiah Bartlet, President of...

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He should be right here.

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Ambassador Galit.
I'm glad someone

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from your government
could spare a moment.

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This is the first statement
from the White House

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since the explosion
in the Gaza Strip,

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which left four Americans dead.

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I'm asking
for restraint.

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What the hell do you think
you're doing?

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This has nothing
to do with you.

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We have been tracking
this man for six months.
And you couldn't

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take three minutes
to think through
the ramifications?

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Ramifications?

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A terrorist responsible
for dozens of Israeli
deaths is dead.

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As are 11 innocent civilians.

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This is inflammatory!

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It endangers
our investigation.

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Israeli intelligence

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is doing all they can.
Damn it, Shira,

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if I'm gonna find
the people behind this,

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I need access
to the bomb site,

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access to evidence,
and the cooperation

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of the Palestinian Authority--
three things I cannot get

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if you keep firing missiles

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into Gaza!
Mr. President, we
received information

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on the whereabouts
of a man responsible

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for the repeated killing
of our citizens.

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We had the specific
location and little time.

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Would you have done
any differently?

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If you'll excuse me.

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The FBI's received
an anonymous tip

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through Israeli intelligence.

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They found bomb-making equipment
in an apartment in Gaza.

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And they think it's linked
to the bombing of our CODEL?

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Yes, sir, they believe
they've located

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one of the men responsible
for murdering our people.

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REPORTER:
The President offered
his condolences

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to the families of those
brutally murdered in Gaza.

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It was a strong speech,
but I'm surprised the President

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didn't raise the possibility
of greater military...

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MAN:
I'm all for white roses
and black veils,

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but the ending-- "a just end
to this cycle of violence"--

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what exactly was
the President suggesting?

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MAN 2:
...Palestinian population,
but whatever he says,

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he's got three or four possible
targets that he's considering.

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NEWSMAN:
...caskets carrying the remains
of three fallen leaders,

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including the body
of Admiral Percy Fitzwallace,

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who will be buried Wednesday...

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REPORTER:
And President Bartlet's
departures

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from the draft text,
were those planned or...

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C.J.:
Part of the standard
vetting process

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for a speech of
this importance.

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The cuts aren't reflective
of the President's attitude

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on military response in Gaza?

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The cuts are reflective
of the fact that Toby Ziegler's

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never written a five-minute
speech in his life. John?

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On the Hill, they're talking
about a congressional resolution

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in support
of swift military action.

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The President is
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the leadership
this morning.

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I'm sure they'll have
a productive discussion.

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WOMAN:
C.J., I've got a report
the FBI's working

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with Palestinian Authority
security forces

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at the site
of the bombing.

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The investigation's in Gaza--

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the Palestinians
speak the language.

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I have an announcement.

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James Holtman, a legal aide
to Congressman DeSantos,

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died earlier today
of head and neck injuries

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sustained
in yesterday's bombing.

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He was 26 years old.

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His name is Khalil Nasan.

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He's one of the founders
of a splinter group

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of the Khanjari Martyrs.

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He recently fled Gaza City

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and the equipment
in his apartment

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bore trace
elements of RDX.

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The same stuff used
on our Suburban.

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Where is he now?

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The FBI has
tracked Nasan

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to his headquarters
in Khan Younis in
Southern Gaza.

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HUTCHINSON:
Sir, there
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military options.

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Any not mentioned
on television this morning?

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We're focusing on two.

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A commando raid on Khan
Younis gives us a chance

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to bring Nasan in alive,
but his organization
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so there's a substantial
risk to our soldiers

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and the mission
could fail.

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A missile strike
from the USS Carney

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carries a higher
likelihood of success

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and zero risk
to U.S. military personnel.

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And the risk to civilians?
We launch
the Tomahawks

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in the next four hours,
we can minimize

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collateral damage.
The next four hours.

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KATE:
In the middle of the day,
the children

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are still in school...
Where exactly is
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HUTCHINSON:
It's located in
an apartment complex, sir.

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How many people
are we talking about?

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We're still evaluating.
Ballpark it for me.

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KATE:
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we're liable to see
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depending on how
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and whether fire
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spreads to
adjacent buildings.
15 to 50.

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HUTCHINSON:
Sir, if we strike in
the next four hours...

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Now, what are
my other options?

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Sir, I'm sorry...
I'm not risking

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50 innocent Palestinian lives

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and the stability
of our relationships

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over there
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so I'm asking you again,
what are my other options?

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MAN:
Sir?

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What are my other options?

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Leo?

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You don't have any
options, Governor.

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The President's decided

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to follow Admiral
Fitzwallace's
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This is just a
courtesy briefing.

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So you're telling me,
with less than three months

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left in office, the President
and Admiral Fitzwallace

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are going to saddle me
with a war

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in the Philippines.

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( chuckles )

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I've been President-Elect
for 72 hours--

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the brass is already
laughing at me.

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It's a limited
peacekeeping
mission, sir.

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Military training,

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assisting the Filipinos
with logistics,

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intelligence.

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No more than a
thousand troops.

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Which sounds
like a lot to me,

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but since I clearly
haven't the vaguest idea

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what the hell
I'm talking about...

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Woodrow Wilson didn't know
a battalion from a battery

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when he
took office.
And he did a heck of a job

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with the Treaty of Versailles.

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Admiral Fitzwallace thought

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you might find it...
reassuring.

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He did, did he?

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Alan,

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thanks for coming up.

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We'll start the full
security briefings next week.

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Sir, congratulations again,
and, uh...

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good luck with
the press conference tonight.

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Thank you.

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( door opens and closes )

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Admiral Fitzwallace.
Remind to fire that guy.

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HUTCHINSON:
We could ask the Israelis

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to go after the suspect.

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We don't want them
fighting our battles.

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We don't want them
fighting at all.

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There's the
Palestinian Authority.

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Chairman Farad?
He's offered
his assistance.

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HUTCHINSON:
You got to be kidding.

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He's asked for
the opportunity

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to arrest any suspects
identified by the FBI.

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Sir, we share our
intel with him,

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he's as likely as not

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to tip off the suspect.
The chairman
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Nasan's organization, and
we can provide incentives

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for his cooperation.

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HUTCHINSON:
Guns and bombs

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to fight
the Israelis?

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KATE:
International
legitimacy;

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agreement to
recognize him again

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as the sole representative
of the Palestinian people.

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You really want to get
back on the merry-go-
round with this guy?

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Let's see what he has to say.

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Leo.
Yeah.

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LEO:
You know, the Israelis
have tried this.

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Yeah?
Two years ago.

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00:10:18,752 --> 00:10:20,287
They identified the men

253
00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:21,689
behind the discotheque bombing,

254
00:10:21,755 --> 00:10:23,190
gave the intel
to the Palestinians.

255
00:10:23,256 --> 00:10:25,358
The chairman sat them
in the corner, made them write

256
00:10:25,425 --> 00:10:27,560
"I will not kill
innocent children" 20 times

257
00:10:27,627 --> 00:10:28,762
and sent them home.

258
00:10:28,829 --> 00:10:30,197
He won't treat us
like the Israelis;

259
00:10:30,263 --> 00:10:32,465
we have the power
to bring him back
to the table.

260
00:10:32,532 --> 00:10:34,367
Sir...

261
00:10:34,434 --> 00:10:36,036
the country wants action.

262
00:10:36,103 --> 00:10:37,971
Bringing Farad back
to the table...

263
00:10:38,038 --> 00:10:40,841
I'm not saying
it's camembert and wine, Leo.

264
00:10:40,908 --> 00:10:42,075
I'm saying
it's what we got.

265
00:10:42,142 --> 00:10:43,911
Tell Hutchinson to find
a way to get Nasan

266
00:10:43,977 --> 00:10:45,545
without taking out
a city block,

267
00:10:45,612 --> 00:10:47,915
I'll launch
the damn missile myself.

268
00:10:50,751 --> 00:10:52,953
( groans softly )

269
00:10:53,020 --> 00:10:54,554
Hi there.

270
00:10:54,621 --> 00:10:55,723
You just wake up?

271
00:10:55,789 --> 00:10:58,025
My mouth is dry.

272
00:10:58,091 --> 00:11:00,894
Let me get you
some water.

273
00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:10,904
Hey.

274
00:11:11,772 --> 00:11:14,607
What happened to you?

275
00:11:14,674 --> 00:11:16,509
To me?

276
00:11:16,576 --> 00:11:19,512
You need to shave.

277
00:11:19,579 --> 00:11:21,648
I-I haven't...
really had time.

278
00:11:21,715 --> 00:11:23,650
Where am I?

279
00:11:23,717 --> 00:11:27,087
You're in Germany.

280
00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:29,056
It doesn't look
like Germany.

281
00:11:29,122 --> 00:11:30,623
You're actually
in a military...

282
00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:33,126
Here you go, honey.

283
00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:34,227
Here.

284
00:11:34,294 --> 00:11:35,763
She's not German.

285
00:11:35,829 --> 00:11:37,865
( laughs ):
This is true.

286
00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:40,500
Just squeeze that
clicker if it hurts--
it's a morphine drip.

287
00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:43,804
It's gonna take some time
to orient yourself.

288
00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:45,906
He needs to shave.

289
00:11:45,973 --> 00:11:47,274
NURSE:
Wouldn't hurt.

290
00:11:47,340 --> 00:11:50,177
I'm just gonna draw
a little blood.

291
00:11:55,515 --> 00:11:58,351
If you need to step outside...

292
00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:00,854
I'm fine.

293
00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:08,762
Uh, I'll be right back.

294
00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:15,668
Did you find his notes
on the speaker's...

295
00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,805
I'll check
Donna's files.

296
00:12:17,871 --> 00:12:21,108
( phone rings )

297
00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:24,411
Hey.

298
00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:25,913
JOSH:
Hey.
How's she doing?

299
00:12:25,979 --> 00:12:27,647
About the same,

300
00:12:27,714 --> 00:12:29,716
but she's awake at least.
Kind of.

301
00:12:29,783 --> 00:12:31,084
What's going on there?

302
00:12:31,151 --> 00:12:32,953
Well, other than
the legion of congressmen

303
00:12:33,020 --> 00:12:34,955
parading into the Oval
demanding retribution,

304
00:12:35,022 --> 00:12:36,656
it's been pretty quiet.

305
00:12:36,723 --> 00:12:38,525
The end of his address...

306
00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:39,692
It was an improv.

307
00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:40,861
The Europeans loved it.

308
00:12:40,928 --> 00:12:42,595
Yeah, so did the Times.

309
00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:43,997
'Course, in about 15 minutes,

310
00:12:44,064 --> 00:12:45,866
every other editorial page
in the country

311
00:12:45,933 --> 00:12:47,835
will be calling for Hamlet
to get off the dime.

312
00:12:47,901 --> 00:12:49,369
So what are we doing?

313
00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,671
Hang on, I'll put
the Joint Chiefs on the line.

314
00:12:51,738 --> 00:12:52,973
Toby...

315
00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,274
You really want state secrets

316
00:12:54,341 --> 00:12:55,742
on a collect call
from the Rheinland?

317
00:12:55,809 --> 00:12:57,144
We could use code names.

318
00:12:57,210 --> 00:12:58,311
Yeah.

319
00:12:58,378 --> 00:13:00,647
Listen, we got to make a call
on Camden Yards.

320
00:13:00,713 --> 00:13:02,415
It's Memorial Day.
Huh?

321
00:13:02,482 --> 00:13:04,985
He's scheduled to toss out
the first pitch at Camden Yards.

322
00:13:05,052 --> 00:13:06,920
Cancel it. No.

323
00:13:06,987 --> 00:13:09,556
Can't cancel.
It sends the wrong message.

324
00:13:09,622 --> 00:13:11,358
Ask for a moment of silence.

325
00:13:11,424 --> 00:13:14,494
And, Toby, he's got...
you need to take him out

326
00:13:14,561 --> 00:13:16,196
with gloves and a ball.

327
00:13:16,263 --> 00:13:18,999
It's a six-foot toss from
the stands-- it's Little League.

328
00:13:19,066 --> 00:13:20,467
FDR threw from the stands,

329
00:13:20,533 --> 00:13:23,170
beaned one of his photographers
in '37,

330
00:13:23,236 --> 00:13:26,006
extended the Depression
another four years.

331
00:13:26,073 --> 00:13:28,175
Leo, I can't stress enough
the importance

332
00:13:28,241 --> 00:13:30,410
of an immediate
and forceful response.

333
00:13:30,477 --> 00:13:33,180
Uh, Mr. Speaker, we
fully intend to...
Really?

334
00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:34,714
Because the President's
speech was...

335
00:13:34,781 --> 00:13:37,150
We're making every effort
to identify those responsible.

336
00:13:37,217 --> 00:13:39,286
Gentlemen, we shouldn't
get caught up in politics.

337
00:13:39,352 --> 00:13:41,188
Whether it's the
religious right
or the folks

338
00:13:41,254 --> 00:13:43,256
funded by the AIPAC lobby
on our side of the aisle.

339
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:45,258
Israel is
a black-and-white issue.

340
00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:47,094
Exactly. There was
little sympathy

341
00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:49,129
for the Palestinians
before this incident.

342
00:13:50,397 --> 00:13:52,365
But omilitary action, now,
on that sounds like a winner.

343
00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:54,101
These lunatics are
willing to sacrifice

344
00:13:54,167 --> 00:13:56,103
themselves,
their children.

345
00:13:56,169 --> 00:13:58,405
The only way to ensure
the continued safety

346
00:13:58,471 --> 00:14:00,640
of this country is
to respond in kind.

347
00:14:00,707 --> 00:14:02,375
In kind.

348
00:14:02,442 --> 00:14:03,543
What I think the Speaker
is trying to say...

349
00:14:03,610 --> 00:14:04,844
LEO:
I got it, Bob.

350
00:14:04,912 --> 00:14:07,814
Do you? We lost two
U.S. congressmen.

351
00:14:07,881 --> 00:14:09,316
I got 200 members
of my conference

352
00:14:09,382 --> 00:14:10,984
screaming for
Chairman Farad's head.

353
00:14:11,051 --> 00:14:12,752
There's an obvious
course of action here.

354
00:14:12,819 --> 00:14:16,890
And on that, we
stand firmly behind
the President.

355
00:14:16,957 --> 00:14:19,459
And Bob's right.

356
00:14:19,526 --> 00:14:21,962
Politics aside, Leo...

357
00:14:22,029 --> 00:14:24,231
he's got to do this.

358
00:14:31,538 --> 00:14:33,073
to help you bring
this man to justice.

359
00:14:33,140 --> 00:14:34,874
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

360
00:14:34,942 --> 00:14:36,709
We will do our very best,
Mr. President.

361
00:14:36,776 --> 00:14:38,445
We need more
than your best, sir.

362
00:14:44,617 --> 00:14:46,153
If you want to apprehend Nasan

363
00:14:46,219 --> 00:14:48,088
without escalating
the conflict...

364
00:14:50,457 --> 00:14:52,059
Of course, the Chairman
has consistently chosen

365
00:14:52,125 --> 00:14:54,094
violence over peace.

366
00:14:54,161 --> 00:14:56,296
He doesn't really have the
strength to take on Hamas.

367
00:14:56,363 --> 00:14:57,697
He's walked away from offers

368
00:14:57,764 --> 00:15:00,333
that would have given his people
a Palestinian state,

369
00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,335
and the Israelis aren't
likely to ever sit down

370
00:15:02,402 --> 00:15:04,371
to the negotiation table
with him again.

371
00:15:04,437 --> 00:15:07,040
He's not the answer
to the greater problem.

372
00:15:07,107 --> 00:15:09,076
He may be the answer
to this one.

373
00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,478
I wouldn't bet on that.

374
00:15:11,544 --> 00:15:14,614
Things went well
with the leadership?

375
00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:15,782
What?

376
00:15:15,848 --> 00:15:16,883
A bus in Jerusalem.

377
00:15:16,950 --> 00:15:18,551
Another suicide bombing.

378
00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,920
Ten to 20 dead,
over a hundred wounded.

379
00:15:20,988 --> 00:15:23,590
C.J.:
We're getting creamed
out there.

380
00:15:23,656 --> 00:15:24,624
TOBY:
Yeah.

381
00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:26,093
CNN's running a piece tonight

382
00:15:26,159 --> 00:15:27,794
on the last-minute edits
to the President's address.

383
00:15:27,860 --> 00:15:29,529
I take it they're not praising
his sensible moderation.

384
00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:30,430
Not so much.

385
00:15:30,497 --> 00:15:32,132
What's happening
on the Hill?

386
00:15:32,199 --> 00:15:34,201
They're putting the
military action resolution

387
00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:35,802
to a vote tomorrow morning.

388
00:15:35,868 --> 00:15:36,970
It's going to pass?

389
00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:38,438
I'm hoping
it's not unanimous.

390
00:15:38,505 --> 00:15:39,306
What do you think?

391
00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:40,773
The whole country's waiting

392
00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:42,442
for the President
to carpet-bomb Gaza.

393
00:15:42,509 --> 00:15:44,644
I think it's a good sign
he hasn't done it yet.

394
00:15:47,414 --> 00:15:48,215
Hey, is that...?

395
00:15:48,281 --> 00:15:49,716
It's for the game tonight.

396
00:15:49,782 --> 00:15:50,950
Why does he need...?

397
00:15:51,018 --> 00:15:52,352
He wants to throw
from the mound.

398
00:15:52,419 --> 00:15:53,886
Secret Service says he's
got to wear the vest.

399
00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:55,255
He wants to throw
from the mound?

400
00:15:55,322 --> 00:15:56,723
Have you ever seen him
throw a baseball?
Yeah.

401
00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:58,625
I'm not sure he can throw
60 feet without the vest.

402
00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:00,493
It's actually longer when you
factor in the vertical...

403
00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:01,995
We're going to have to;
we're going to...

404
00:16:02,062 --> 00:16:03,063
I'm thinking,
pull out a couple of gloves

405
00:16:03,130 --> 00:16:04,531
and throw him in the vest

406
00:16:04,597 --> 00:16:06,266
sometime between his call
with the Palestinian chairman

407
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:07,767
and his meeting with
the Egyptian ambassador.

408
00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:09,302
Yeah. Perfect.

409
00:16:09,369 --> 00:16:10,803
MAN:
Both of its passenger sections
were full

410
00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:11,804
and the blast was so powerful

411
00:16:11,871 --> 00:16:12,805
that it blew out the windows

412
00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,274
of a second bus passing nearby.

413
00:16:14,341 --> 00:16:17,177
Paramedics immediately
converged on the scene...

414
00:16:17,244 --> 00:16:19,846
What are you watching?

415
00:16:19,912 --> 00:16:22,115
...rescuers used blowtorches...
Nothing.

416
00:16:22,182 --> 00:16:23,950
...to pry other wounded
from the...

417
00:16:24,017 --> 00:16:25,618
How do you feel?

418
00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:29,222
They left a lunch tray earlier.

419
00:16:29,289 --> 00:16:30,657
I'm not hungry.

420
00:16:30,723 --> 00:16:32,192
German chocolate cake.

421
00:16:32,259 --> 00:16:34,527
Really, I'm
kind of nauseous.

422
00:16:34,594 --> 00:16:35,728
Okay.

423
00:16:36,963 --> 00:16:38,665
Your mom's on the way
to New York.

424
00:16:38,731 --> 00:16:40,867
She's going to take
the red-eye tonight.

425
00:16:40,933 --> 00:16:42,102
How long are you staying?

426
00:16:42,169 --> 00:16:44,204
I don't know.
I figured I hang around

427
00:16:44,271 --> 00:16:46,173
long enough,
one of the nurses is bound

428
00:16:46,239 --> 00:16:47,474
to give me a sponge bath.

429
00:16:47,540 --> 00:16:49,609
Leo doesn't need you to...?

430
00:16:49,676 --> 00:16:51,411
I'm here as long as I need
to be here.

431
00:16:54,947 --> 00:16:55,948
You want Jell-O?

432
00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:57,684
( phone ringing )

433
00:16:59,452 --> 00:17:01,654
I don't want
to talk to anybody.

434
00:17:01,721 --> 00:17:03,723
Okay.

435
00:17:03,790 --> 00:17:05,458
Hey, C.J.

436
00:17:05,525 --> 00:17:07,127
How is she?

437
00:17:07,194 --> 00:17:08,161
She's fine.

438
00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,629
I mean, she was singing tunes

439
00:17:09,696 --> 00:17:10,697
from My Fair Lady earlier,

440
00:17:10,763 --> 00:17:12,865
but I think it was
just the morphine.

441
00:17:12,932 --> 00:17:14,167
Can I talk to her?

442
00:17:14,234 --> 00:17:16,069
We're actually
at intermission right now.

443
00:17:16,136 --> 00:17:17,070
But she really is all right?

444
00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:18,405
I'm telling you,

445
00:17:18,471 --> 00:17:20,307
she was doing this whole
Julie Andrews thing.

446
00:17:20,373 --> 00:17:21,874
Have you seen the news?

447
00:17:21,941 --> 00:17:24,477
Donna Moss?

448
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:25,645
Uh-huh.

449
00:17:25,712 --> 00:17:27,347
You think we need to...?

450
00:17:27,414 --> 00:17:29,916
You need to come out
fighting.

451
00:17:29,982 --> 00:17:31,118
Leak a force depletion report,

452
00:17:31,184 --> 00:17:32,885
and blueprints
for the invasion.

453
00:17:32,952 --> 00:17:34,287
Invasion?

454
00:17:35,122 --> 00:17:36,889
Okay, that may be

455
00:17:36,956 --> 00:17:39,058
a little bit...

456
00:17:39,126 --> 00:17:40,327
Josh?

457
00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:44,664
Josh?

458
00:17:44,731 --> 00:17:46,966
Mr. Chairman, when we agreed
to work with you

459
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:48,435
on our investigation...

460
00:17:48,501 --> 00:17:50,370
FARAD:
Yes, and I appreciate
your trust.

461
00:17:50,437 --> 00:17:52,272
...we assumed your people...

462
00:17:52,339 --> 00:17:54,507
we trusted that you wouldn't
do anything

463
00:17:54,574 --> 00:17:57,244
to make that investigation
more difficult.

464
00:17:57,310 --> 00:17:59,412
Our security team has been
cooperating.

465
00:17:59,479 --> 00:18:01,614
The Jerusalem bombing,
Mr. Chairman.

466
00:18:01,681 --> 00:18:05,051
Five children slaughtered in
the last Israeli missile strike.

467
00:18:05,118 --> 00:18:07,354
How am I to stop
my people from reacting?

468
00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:09,556
Mr. Chairman, I agreed
to work with you

469
00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:12,325
despite the way
my people are reacting.

470
00:18:12,392 --> 00:18:14,461
You must control your people.

471
00:18:14,527 --> 00:18:16,062
( speaking rapidly in Arabic)

472
00:18:16,129 --> 00:18:17,063
What's going on?

473
00:18:17,130 --> 00:18:18,298
Is he, is he still on the line?

474
00:18:18,365 --> 00:18:19,699
KATE:
The connection's
been lost.

475
00:18:19,766 --> 00:18:21,734
Well, can we get him back
on the damn phone?

476
00:18:21,801 --> 00:18:23,102
KATE:
Sir...

477
00:18:23,170 --> 00:18:24,971
Does he not understand
I'm trying to help him here?

478
00:18:25,037 --> 00:18:25,972
Ian, can you get him back

479
00:18:26,038 --> 00:18:27,307
on the phone?

480
00:18:27,374 --> 00:18:29,409
You may have some difficulty
with that, sir.

481
00:18:29,476 --> 00:18:32,212
The Israeli army has deployed
150 armored vehicles

482
00:18:32,279 --> 00:18:33,546
and two armed squadrons

483
00:18:33,613 --> 00:18:36,483
to the eastern sections
of Ramallah.

484
00:18:36,549 --> 00:18:38,084
Sir, they've surrounded
the Chairman's compound.

485
00:18:38,151 --> 00:18:39,786
Five minutes,

486
00:18:39,852 --> 00:18:41,821
I can't get these guys to keep
their hands off each other.

487
00:18:41,888 --> 00:18:43,390
HUTCHINSON:
The Israeli special forces

488
00:18:43,456 --> 00:18:45,091
have created a perimeter
around the compound,

489
00:18:45,158 --> 00:18:46,959
They've cut off electricity,
the phone service...

490
00:18:47,026 --> 00:18:48,361
We noticed.

491
00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:50,096
The Israelis have been
eyeing a unilateral solution.

492
00:18:50,163 --> 00:18:52,199
They probably figure
now's a good time to
neutralize the chairman.

493
00:18:52,265 --> 00:18:53,733
Neutralize?

494
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:55,768
Cut him off, prevent him
from possibly orchestrating

495
00:18:55,835 --> 00:18:58,205
further bombings until
they finish building
the security fence.

496
00:18:58,271 --> 00:18:59,506
BARROW:
Or they've decided

497
00:18:59,572 --> 00:19:01,274
to forcibly remove Farad
from the territories.

498
00:19:01,341 --> 00:19:03,910
PRESIDENT:
Now, that would make it more
difficult to work with him.

499
00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:05,378
Actually, Mr. President--

500
00:19:05,445 --> 00:19:07,947
the Palestinian security forces
in Gaza are refusing

501
00:19:08,014 --> 00:19:09,148
to proceed
into Khan Younis.

502
00:19:09,216 --> 00:19:11,117
They're not going
to arrest Nasan?

503
00:19:11,184 --> 00:19:13,886
They can't reach the Chairman,
and without his approval

504
00:19:13,953 --> 00:19:15,422
they won't go in.

505
00:19:19,326 --> 00:19:20,993
Mr. Secretary, where are we?

506
00:19:21,060 --> 00:19:23,095
We've been working
on a third military
option, sir.

507
00:19:23,162 --> 00:19:25,064
two FA-18's dropping

508
00:19:25,131 --> 00:19:26,466
air-to-surface
guided missiles.

509
00:19:26,533 --> 00:19:28,635
These are a third the size
of the Tomahawks.

510
00:19:28,701 --> 00:19:30,737
The damage would be
substantially less.

511
00:19:30,803 --> 00:19:32,539
How many?

512
00:19:32,605 --> 00:19:34,106
30 casualties, maximum.

513
00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,376
That's substantially
less than 50?

514
00:19:36,443 --> 00:19:38,110
Night is fallen
in Gaza, sir.

515
00:19:38,177 --> 00:19:40,012
You're looking at
an evening raid.

516
00:19:40,079 --> 00:19:42,315
BARTLET:
If we wait until tomorrow
morning, when school starts?

517
00:19:42,382 --> 00:19:43,550
KATE:
15 to 20.

518
00:19:53,893 --> 00:19:55,695
A thousand American kids.

519
00:19:55,762 --> 00:19:56,796
Excuse me?

520
00:19:56,863 --> 00:20:00,166
The soldiers, heading off
to the Philippines.

521
00:20:00,233 --> 00:20:03,002
He's sending them
into a war zone.

522
00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:05,171
It's a peacekeeping mission...

523
00:20:05,238 --> 00:20:07,374
Yeah, training
and logistics.

524
00:20:07,440 --> 00:20:09,576
And handing out chewing gum.

525
00:20:09,642 --> 00:20:12,812
You're entitled to comment if
you feel that strongly about it.

526
00:20:16,249 --> 00:20:18,785
Some of them aren't coming back.

527
00:20:21,288 --> 00:20:25,525
You get the best information,
you consider all your options,

528
00:20:25,592 --> 00:20:28,495
you look at
the potential good...

529
00:20:29,596 --> 00:20:32,399
...and you do
what you think is right.

530
00:20:36,269 --> 00:20:38,838
Yeah.

531
00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:40,807
KATE:
Sir, U.S. action at this time

532
00:20:40,873 --> 00:20:42,375
could be seen
as an implicit sanction

533
00:20:43,376 --> 00:20:47,314
Sir, Nasan's not likely
to stay put. sraeli assault.

534
00:20:47,380 --> 00:20:49,749
If we don't act now,
we will lose him.

535
00:20:49,816 --> 00:20:53,586
And if the U.S. engages
in the same type of
missile strikes

536
00:20:53,653 --> 00:20:55,622
the Israels commonly
resort to,

537
00:20:55,688 --> 00:20:57,189
we may need to evacuate
our embassies

538
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:57,990
throughout the region.

539
00:20:58,057 --> 00:20:59,158
We could destabilize

540
00:20:59,225 --> 00:21:00,460
moderate regimes
in Jordan and Egypt...

541
00:21:00,527 --> 00:21:01,794
Nasan's contributed
to the murder

542
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:03,830
of three senior government
officials.

543
00:21:03,896 --> 00:21:05,865
We've reduced
the collateral damage
numbers substantially.

544
00:21:05,932 --> 00:21:06,899
KATE:
If we act now,

545
00:21:06,966 --> 00:21:08,735
it's like
taking out a Super Bowl spot

546
00:21:08,801 --> 00:21:11,471
for every anti-American
terrorist network
in the Middle East.

547
00:21:11,538 --> 00:21:14,040
HUTCHINSON:
Failure to act, especially
in the Middle East...

548
00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:15,241
That's appeasement.

549
00:21:15,308 --> 00:21:17,176
PRESIDENT:
Leo, this is not 1938.

550
00:21:17,243 --> 00:21:20,012
We aren't fighting fascists
with armies and tanks.

551
00:21:20,079 --> 00:21:21,314
It's terror cells.

552
00:21:21,381 --> 00:21:23,149
An individual can take out
a small city

553
00:21:23,215 --> 00:21:26,386
with a briefcase of plutonium.

554
00:21:26,453 --> 00:21:29,221
The FA-18s, they're
in position?

555
00:21:29,288 --> 00:21:31,023
HUTCHINSON:
Yes, sir.

556
00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:33,426
I want a full
collateral damage
assessment report

557
00:21:33,493 --> 00:21:35,161
for a daylight assault

558
00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:37,096
on my desk within the hour.

559
00:21:37,163 --> 00:21:39,499
Thank you, sir.

560
00:21:57,350 --> 00:21:59,185
What do you think you're doing?

561
00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:00,487
Excuse me?

562
00:22:00,553 --> 00:22:03,022
We don't push agendas here.

563
00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:05,825
I don't believe I am.

564
00:22:06,959 --> 00:22:09,028
He has a process.

565
00:22:09,095 --> 00:22:11,864
He likes to reflect,
consider his options,

566
00:22:11,931 --> 00:22:15,368
but at the end of the day,
when it's time to make a call,

567
00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:16,936
he's got
to stay focused.

568
00:22:17,003 --> 00:22:19,171
I'm trying to give him
the relevant information...

569
00:22:19,238 --> 00:22:20,239
This isn't the UN.

570
00:22:20,306 --> 00:22:22,008
He's not the secretary-general.

571
00:22:22,074 --> 00:22:24,076
He's President
of the United States,

572
00:22:24,143 --> 00:22:27,346
and our job is to make sure
his priorities are clear.

573
00:22:27,414 --> 00:22:31,584
Today's priority is not
world peace.

574
00:22:58,478 --> 00:23:00,680
Haffley wants to schedule
another meeting.

575
00:23:00,747 --> 00:23:04,016
He doesn't think we
got it the first time?

576
00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:07,720
I've got the damage
assessment report
for the FA-18 strike.

577
00:23:07,787 --> 00:23:09,422
Yeah.

578
00:23:09,489 --> 00:23:11,691
There's a summary
on the last page.

579
00:23:11,758 --> 00:23:14,727
I've been on the phone
for the past three hours,

580
00:23:14,794 --> 00:23:16,328
I've barely moved the needle.

581
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,798
I got the Israelis
to agree to hold off
raiding the compound,

582
00:23:18,865 --> 00:23:21,367
but they say the chairman
is harboring terrorists,

583
00:23:21,434 --> 00:23:23,069
and they refuse
to pull back.

584
00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:26,372
The Egyptians did me
a nice Cassandra routine
over tea and papyrus,

585
00:23:26,439 --> 00:23:28,174
the Syrians were
a ball of laughs,

586
00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:29,842
and the Saudis,
oh, the Saudis had

587
00:23:29,909 --> 00:23:31,811
this neat idea
about forking over

588
00:23:31,878 --> 00:23:34,280
any terrorist suspects
to the International
Criminal Court,

589
00:23:34,346 --> 00:23:37,850
but I don't know how
I'm supposed to sell that one.

590
00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:39,218
Sir...

591
00:23:39,285 --> 00:23:41,420
the FA-18 strike

592
00:23:41,488 --> 00:23:42,989
is a reasonable response.

593
00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:44,223
Maybe in Yemen, Leo,

594
00:23:44,290 --> 00:23:45,257
but this is Gaza.

595
00:23:45,324 --> 00:23:46,626
The peace process,

596
00:23:46,693 --> 00:23:48,461
the stability
of the region--
we need to think

597
00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:50,897
long-term.
The peace process?

598
00:23:50,963 --> 00:23:52,732
The Israelis handed
the chairman

599
00:23:52,799 --> 00:23:55,267
the deal of the century
in Taba five years ago--

600
00:23:55,334 --> 00:23:57,236
he started smuggling
Katyusha rockets

601
00:23:57,303 --> 00:24:00,406
into Gaza on
fishing boats.

602
00:24:00,473 --> 00:24:02,675
There is no long-term.

603
00:24:02,742 --> 00:24:04,977
The Israelis are right--
there's only one way

604
00:24:05,044 --> 00:24:07,046
to bring stability
to this region,

605
00:24:07,113 --> 00:24:09,482
and we should be out there
with them, digging ditches

606
00:24:09,549 --> 00:24:11,884
and putting up
barbed wire.
The fence?

607
00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,486
It's a realistic solution.

608
00:24:13,553 --> 00:24:16,589
It's a land grab.
There's no alternative!

609
00:24:18,791 --> 00:24:20,426
There's no partner for peace.

610
00:24:20,493 --> 00:24:23,496
And you're gonna
find a moderate
Palestinian leader

611
00:24:23,563 --> 00:24:25,331
after the Israelis
have swiped half

612
00:24:25,397 --> 00:24:26,566
the Jordan Valley?

613
00:24:26,633 --> 00:24:27,900
After the United
States has taken out

614
00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:29,135
15 to 20 innocents
in Gaza?

615
00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:31,303
We're no longer
a neutral arbitrator.

616
00:24:31,370 --> 00:24:32,939
We've got skin in the game.

617
00:24:35,107 --> 00:24:36,743
And when the sun comes up
in Gaza

618
00:24:36,809 --> 00:24:39,679
you're gonna have to launch
those planes.

619
00:24:39,746 --> 00:24:41,781
MUKARAT:
But we condemn this aggression

620
00:24:41,848 --> 00:24:45,351
and call upon the world
to stop Israel

621
00:24:45,417 --> 00:24:48,354
from putting our beloved
Chairman Farad in jeopardy.

622
00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:51,558
Bullets will breed bullets.
Violence will breed violence.

623
00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:53,993
They do get it, you know.

624
00:24:54,060 --> 00:24:56,162
Despite the rhetoric.

625
00:24:56,228 --> 00:24:58,898
Palestinians realize
if they've got any chance

626
00:24:58,965 --> 00:25:02,602
at real peace, it's with
you guys as brokers.

627
00:25:02,669 --> 00:25:06,305
Be a shame
to see that blown.

628
00:25:06,372 --> 00:25:10,242
So you two, uh, spend a lot
of time together over there?

629
00:25:10,309 --> 00:25:12,879
Uh... some.

630
00:25:12,945 --> 00:25:15,782
...more moderate elements
of our population.
Mm.

631
00:25:15,848 --> 00:25:18,150
Chairman Farad is the elected...

632
00:25:18,217 --> 00:25:22,555
Pretty long flight
from Gaza to Germany.

633
00:25:22,622 --> 00:25:23,890
Not really.

634
00:25:23,956 --> 00:25:27,727
It's nothing compared
to the flight from DC.

635
00:25:27,794 --> 00:25:31,898
Look, she didn't mention...

636
00:25:31,964 --> 00:25:33,199
anything.

637
00:25:33,265 --> 00:25:35,501
You know, if this is
gonna be an issue, then...

638
00:25:35,568 --> 00:25:37,069
No. No issue.

639
00:25:37,136 --> 00:25:38,304
( Donna groans )

640
00:25:38,370 --> 00:25:41,574
You all right?

641
00:25:41,641 --> 00:25:43,710
Where's the...
The what?

642
00:25:43,776 --> 00:25:45,477
Morphine.
Yep.

643
00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,046
( clicking )

644
00:25:47,113 --> 00:25:48,715
( groans softly )

645
00:25:48,781 --> 00:25:51,183
( clicking continues )
I think it...

646
00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:53,686
only works the first time.

647
00:25:54,553 --> 00:25:56,689
You're leaving?

648
00:25:56,756 --> 00:25:59,826
Yeah. Just...
just for a little bit.

649
00:25:59,892 --> 00:26:02,595
But I shall return
before first light.

650
00:26:02,662 --> 00:26:04,931
Don't go anywhere.

651
00:26:13,339 --> 00:26:14,440
Josh.
Yeah?

652
00:26:14,506 --> 00:26:15,608
Nice to meet you.

653
00:26:15,675 --> 00:26:17,543
And you.

654
00:26:17,610 --> 00:26:20,112
( door closes )

655
00:26:21,313 --> 00:26:22,548
Isn't he charming?

656
00:26:22,615 --> 00:26:24,516
Sure, in a bodice-ripping,

657
00:26:24,583 --> 00:26:27,453
Heathcliff-on-the-moor,
I'm-too-sexy-for-my-camera

658
00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:29,288
sort of way.
Oh, Josh.

659
00:26:29,355 --> 00:26:30,623
( door opens )

660
00:26:30,690 --> 00:26:33,259
Mm. More admirers.

661
00:26:33,325 --> 00:26:34,794
Really?

662
00:26:34,861 --> 00:26:37,296
How many photographers
did you meet over there?

663
00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:39,031
Who are they from?

664
00:26:40,667 --> 00:26:42,001
Uh...

665
00:26:45,071 --> 00:26:47,139
Okay, this is sort of weird.

666
00:26:47,206 --> 00:26:49,642
What?

667
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:51,744
"Wishes for a speedy recovery.

668
00:26:51,811 --> 00:26:54,280
"Father of the Baker,

669
00:26:54,346 --> 00:26:55,682
Father of the Light..."

670
00:26:55,748 --> 00:26:57,083
"Son of the Sword."

671
00:26:57,149 --> 00:26:59,018
The flowers sound
like Pomegranate,

672
00:26:59,085 --> 00:27:00,753
the national flower
of Palestine,

673
00:27:00,820 --> 00:27:02,221
and the names on the card

674
00:27:02,288 --> 00:27:04,523
are English translations
of Abu Ferran,

675
00:27:04,590 --> 00:27:05,792
Abu Siraj
and Ibn Husam.

676
00:27:05,858 --> 00:27:07,459
And we've heard
of Manny, Moe and Jack?

677
00:27:07,526 --> 00:27:09,962
They're the Palestinian
prime minister's three sons.

678
00:27:10,029 --> 00:27:11,597
Mukarat?
What's the Arabic?

679
00:27:11,664 --> 00:27:13,265
A date, a time and
a restaurant not far

680
00:27:13,332 --> 00:27:15,835
from the hospital
in Landstuhl.
What the hell are we

681
00:27:15,902 --> 00:27:17,303
supposed to do there?
Somebody has a message

682
00:27:17,369 --> 00:27:18,771
they couldn't phone
in to State,

683
00:27:18,838 --> 00:27:20,572
somebody who knew
that a senior aide

684
00:27:20,639 --> 00:27:22,942
with the ear of
the President
was in Germany.

685
00:27:23,009 --> 00:27:24,844
A domestic policy aide
who refers to Italy

686
00:27:24,911 --> 00:27:26,478
as "the one that
looks like a boot."

687
00:27:26,545 --> 00:27:28,881
Who consequently doesn't draw
much attention

688
00:27:28,948 --> 00:27:30,883
on the international scene.
Yeah? So what is this?

689
00:27:30,950 --> 00:27:33,920
Could be information
about the bombing,

690
00:27:33,986 --> 00:27:37,323
a message from
Prime Minister Mukarat related

691
00:27:37,389 --> 00:27:38,758
to the current situation.

692
00:27:38,825 --> 00:27:40,392
I got to call in
the CIA director?

693
00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:42,094
We'll put agents on it,

694
00:27:42,161 --> 00:27:45,832
but they've already picked
the guy they want to talk to.

695
00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:47,233
JOSH:
You want me to have

696
00:27:47,299 --> 00:27:49,668
a secret meeting with
the Son of the Sword?

697
00:27:49,736 --> 00:27:52,004
I must be high
from the morphine.

698
00:27:52,071 --> 00:27:54,874
You know, stealth isn't
exactly my strong suit.

699
00:27:54,941 --> 00:27:56,642
He's very clumsy.

700
00:27:56,709 --> 00:27:58,878
KATE:
Josh, you're just
sitting down with a guy

701
00:27:58,945 --> 00:28:00,379
and seeing what he has to say.

702
00:28:00,446 --> 00:28:02,915
Yeah, but technically,
I'm gonna be a...

703
00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:04,616
It's a diplomatic meeting.

704
00:28:04,683 --> 00:28:06,886
Do I need to carry a piece?
Josh...

705
00:28:06,953 --> 00:28:09,355
Why aren't you sending,
I don't know,

706
00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:11,323
someone more like you?

707
00:28:11,390 --> 00:28:12,925
Because they didn't send me
the flowers.

708
00:28:12,992 --> 00:28:15,294
They sent Donna the flowers.

709
00:28:15,361 --> 00:28:17,897
Donna can't walk,
and they were angling for you.

710
00:28:17,964 --> 00:28:19,265
If I sent a professional,

711
00:28:19,331 --> 00:28:21,300
it would probably
just spook the guy.

712
00:28:21,367 --> 00:28:22,268
Yeah, so to speak.

713
00:28:22,334 --> 00:28:23,635
Is this dangerous?

714
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,471
No, it's a diplomatic
meeting.

715
00:28:25,537 --> 00:28:27,706
It's not dangerous.

716
00:28:28,841 --> 00:28:30,943
Donna wants to know
if it's dangerous.

717
00:28:31,010 --> 00:28:32,378
You flew Lufthansa,

718
00:28:33,813 --> 00:28:36,248
if someone wanted to kill you,
it would have happened already.

719
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:37,817
Yeah, that's not
so reassuring.

720
00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:39,318
I'm sending someone
from the embassy,

721
00:28:39,385 --> 00:28:41,387
and we'll have someone
in the restaurant,

722
00:28:41,453 --> 00:28:42,521
if you run into any trouble.

723
00:28:42,588 --> 00:28:44,490
Maybe try to keep a low profile.

724
00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:47,726
Should I switch cabs?

725
00:29:00,272 --> 00:29:02,809
You wouldn't rather
wait in your office?

726
00:29:02,875 --> 00:29:04,243
I enjoy your company.

727
00:29:04,310 --> 00:29:06,612
I enjoy a good slug
of gin at lunch,

728
00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:08,380
but I've learned
to do without.

729
00:29:08,447 --> 00:29:09,816
( door opens )

730
00:29:09,882 --> 00:29:11,517
What do you want?

731
00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:12,618
Uh, nothing.

732
00:29:12,684 --> 00:29:14,020
He's only been
hovering here

733
00:29:14,086 --> 00:29:15,855
like a jaybird for
the last 40 minutes.

734
00:29:15,922 --> 00:29:16,956
What's that?

735
00:29:17,023 --> 00:29:18,357
It's the vest for the game.

736
00:29:18,424 --> 00:29:20,659
Why is it here now?
TOBY:
Sir, when you...

737
00:29:20,726 --> 00:29:22,294
wear the vest,
your throwing motion...

738
00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:24,230
I've worn
the damn thing before.
Mr. President,

739
00:29:24,296 --> 00:29:25,965
you'll be
on national TV.

740
00:29:26,032 --> 00:29:27,566
The American people
will be watching.

741
00:29:27,633 --> 00:29:28,968
Given their current
state of mind,

742
00:29:29,035 --> 00:29:31,237
I'd rather not have you
walk into a stadium

743
00:29:31,303 --> 00:29:33,840
of 48,000 citizens
and hang a curveball
over the backstop.

744
00:29:33,906 --> 00:29:35,842
He's right, sir.
Everyone agrees.

745
00:29:35,908 --> 00:29:37,443
Everyone?
Leo,

746
00:29:37,509 --> 00:29:39,745
Josh, C.J., your wife,

747
00:29:39,812 --> 00:29:41,447
the Notre Dame
Athletic Department.

748
00:29:43,049 --> 00:29:46,052
You got 15 minutes.
Give me the vest.

749
00:29:48,687 --> 00:29:50,957
( Josh sighs )

750
00:29:51,023 --> 00:29:54,994
( soft music playing )

751
00:29:55,061 --> 00:29:56,328
( speaks German )

752
00:29:56,395 --> 00:29:58,430
( speaking faltering German )

753
00:29:58,497 --> 00:30:00,599
I speak English.

754
00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:01,733
Okay. Good.

755
00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:04,436
I'm... uh...

756
00:30:04,503 --> 00:30:06,238
I'm meeting someone.

757
00:30:06,305 --> 00:30:07,739
Mr. Lyman?

758
00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,075
Yes.

759
00:30:09,141 --> 00:30:12,578
I can walk you
to your table.

760
00:30:45,377 --> 00:30:46,879
Kate Harper.

761
00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,614
Quickly.

762
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,848
Harrison.
Nope.

763
00:30:49,916 --> 00:30:51,050
McKinley.

764
00:30:51,117 --> 00:30:52,784
McKinley did throw
the first pitch

765
00:30:52,851 --> 00:30:55,287
at a Senators game,
but only as Governor.

766
00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,388
Taft?

767
00:30:56,455 --> 00:30:58,290
First one to throw out
the first pitch,

768
00:30:58,357 --> 00:31:01,393
William Howard Taft,
in 1910.

769
00:31:01,460 --> 00:31:04,931
Well, I hope
they made Fatty practice.

770
00:31:04,997 --> 00:31:06,798
Here?

771
00:31:06,865 --> 00:31:10,069
We figured you'd
rather not share this
moment with history.

772
00:31:10,136 --> 00:31:13,539
You don't think the China room
would be better?

773
00:31:22,714 --> 00:31:24,951
This has got to be
one of the highlights.

774
00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:27,954
Remember to follow
through, sir.

775
00:31:35,261 --> 00:31:36,963
( clears throat )

776
00:31:50,009 --> 00:31:51,577
Not a word, Ziegler.

777
00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:57,716
A guy was sitting at the table,
I sat down, he left.

778
00:31:57,783 --> 00:32:00,953
KATE:
He's probably just checking to
make sure you weren't followed.

779
00:32:01,020 --> 00:32:02,688
This is a diplomatic meeting.

780
00:32:02,754 --> 00:32:06,358
Yes.
Cause it's feeling
a little Nick Danger.

781
00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:07,426
Try to relax.

782
00:32:07,493 --> 00:32:09,528
You've got a guy here, right?

783
00:32:09,595 --> 00:32:11,130
Yes, Josh.

784
00:32:11,197 --> 00:32:12,431
Is it the guy with the toupee?

785
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:14,366
'Cause he looks pretty obvious.

786
00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:15,534
Josh.

787
00:32:15,601 --> 00:32:17,269
I got to go.

788
00:32:19,805 --> 00:32:22,208
Hi.

789
00:32:25,177 --> 00:32:27,279
( sighs )
Okay. That was better.

790
00:32:27,346 --> 00:32:28,747
I hit the wall.
Distance was good.

791
00:32:28,814 --> 00:32:30,882
Now just try to aim
for that guy with the mitt.

792
00:32:30,949 --> 00:32:32,918
Why didn't we cancel?

793
00:32:34,420 --> 00:32:36,555
I could write a
I was jushundred speeches,
the samand we'd never

794
00:32:36,622 --> 00:32:38,557
come close to
the sight of you
up on that mound.

795
00:32:38,624 --> 00:32:40,292
Yeah, that's me--
all-powerful,

796
00:32:40,359 --> 00:32:43,595
bending the will of the world
by my mere presence.

797
00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:48,900
Wow.

798
00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,237
Hamas grows stronger
every day.

799
00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:53,572
Because of frustration
with Israel.

800
00:32:53,639 --> 00:32:58,644
Yes, but even more because
of what Hamas can offer
the Palestinian people.

801
00:32:58,710 --> 00:33:00,546
Education, food, health care.

802
00:33:00,612 --> 00:33:02,581
But doesn't the
Palestinian Authority...

803
00:33:02,648 --> 00:33:05,984
The Palestinian Authority
lines their own pockets.

804
00:33:06,052 --> 00:33:08,154
Chairman Farad cannot,

805
00:33:08,220 --> 00:33:10,556
will not change,
and he's willing

806
00:33:10,622 --> 00:33:13,092
to pull the temple down
on his own head.

807
00:33:13,159 --> 00:33:15,494
But there are others,
reasonable men,

808
00:33:15,561 --> 00:33:18,130
who, with help,
could effect change,

809
00:33:18,197 --> 00:33:20,566
challenge Hamas.

810
00:33:20,632 --> 00:33:21,800
Moderates.

811
00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:24,603
I tell you this
in the strictest
of confidence.

812
00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,238
I bring word

813
00:33:26,305 --> 00:33:28,707
from Prime Minister Mukarat
of Palestine.

814
00:33:28,774 --> 00:33:31,710
He is concerned about
the ongoing situation,

815
00:33:31,777 --> 00:33:33,545
and he feels
the time has come

816
00:33:33,612 --> 00:33:35,847
for opening a new line
of dialogue

817
00:33:35,914 --> 00:33:38,750
with Israel
and with your country.

818
00:33:38,817 --> 00:33:40,219
A line of dialogue

819
00:33:40,286 --> 00:33:44,156
that does not include
Chairman Farad.

820
00:33:50,596 --> 00:33:52,798
Leo?

821
00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:53,765
You all right?

822
00:33:53,832 --> 00:33:57,936
Abbey.

823
00:33:58,003 --> 00:33:59,971
What can I do for you?

824
00:34:00,038 --> 00:34:02,274
I came to offer up my services.

825
00:34:02,341 --> 00:34:04,176
Your services?!

826
00:34:04,243 --> 00:34:05,944
I look pretty good
in a bulletproof vest.

827
00:34:06,011 --> 00:34:07,045
Okay.

828
00:34:07,113 --> 00:34:08,580
Not to mention,

829
00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:11,117
I was quite the intramural
softball player in my day.

830
00:34:11,183 --> 00:34:13,419
And let's face it,
Jed's no Cy Young.

831
00:34:16,488 --> 00:34:18,290
Toby and Josh
think it's important

832
00:34:18,357 --> 00:34:19,725
he goes out there tonight.

833
00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:22,194
What does Ron Butterfield think?

834
00:34:22,261 --> 00:34:24,330
We've had a dozen
Secret Service guys

835
00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:26,332
at Camden Yards for
the past two weeks

836
00:34:26,398 --> 00:34:28,500
disassembling the
air conditioners.

837
00:34:28,567 --> 00:34:31,137
They'll have men
in every janitor's closet,

838
00:34:31,203 --> 00:34:33,239
every bathroom, up on the roof.

839
00:34:33,305 --> 00:34:36,875
Add in the other
240 security guys

840
00:34:36,942 --> 00:34:39,611
the ballpark...
Okay.

841
00:34:39,678 --> 00:34:44,716
You look tired.

842
00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:47,052
It's been a long day.

843
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:49,455
It's been
a long year.

844
00:34:49,521 --> 00:34:51,089
You want him to do something.

845
00:34:51,157 --> 00:34:54,826
Yeah.

846
00:34:54,893 --> 00:34:56,895
Seems to me he's trying to.

847
00:34:56,962 --> 00:34:58,997
He's tilting at windmills.

848
00:34:59,064 --> 00:35:04,035
Tilting at windmills
in the Middle East.

849
00:35:04,102 --> 00:35:06,638
Is there a better place
for that?

850
00:35:06,705 --> 00:35:08,374
You think historians
will judge me

851
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:09,975
'cause I can't stand
the national pastime?

852
00:35:10,041 --> 00:35:11,743
We'll make sure
it's a well-kept secret, sir.

853
00:35:11,810 --> 00:35:14,413
Yeah, but in 50, 60 years,

854
00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,748
some guy with a camcorder
will track down some old codger

855
00:35:16,815 --> 00:35:18,517
who used to work here
on the kitchen staff

856
00:35:18,584 --> 00:35:21,453
and they'll tell the story
of how I thought Stan Musial

857
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,256
was a pediatrician from
Abbey's medical school class.

858
00:35:24,323 --> 00:35:25,824
It's a pretty common mistake.

859
00:35:27,926 --> 00:35:31,029
I'd really like to bomb
the whole damn place.

860
00:35:31,096 --> 00:35:32,030
Gaza?

861
00:35:32,097 --> 00:35:34,600
Gaza, the West Bank.

862
00:35:34,666 --> 00:35:38,437
Take out the whole Arabian
Peninsula while we're at it.

863
00:35:38,504 --> 00:35:39,838
It's what the country wants.

864
00:35:39,905 --> 00:35:41,773
Sure. Hell, it's practically
the American way.

865
00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:45,177
And who cares if it's exactly
what those lunatics want.

866
00:35:45,244 --> 00:35:46,845
They push, we push back,

867
00:35:46,912 --> 00:35:49,248
and they've got the holy war
they've been praying for

868
00:35:49,315 --> 00:35:51,217
with a thousand and one recruits
to take the fight

869
00:35:51,283 --> 00:35:52,984
to the big kid on the other side
of the Atlantic.

870
00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:54,553
It's like bad Shakespeare.

871
00:35:54,620 --> 00:35:56,288
They're just waiting for me
to play my role

872
00:35:56,355 --> 00:35:58,924
and chuck a big, fat one
right down the middle.

873
00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,362
Mr. President.

874
00:36:03,429 --> 00:36:04,796
Let me get this straight.

875
00:36:04,863 --> 00:36:07,165
Josh met with some
guy over bratwurst...?

876
00:36:07,233 --> 00:36:09,067
The information
from his contact checks out.

877
00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:11,503
This has all the hallmarks
of a back-channel overture.

878
00:36:11,570 --> 00:36:12,804
I thought
Prime Minister Mukarat

879
00:36:12,871 --> 00:36:14,540
was in the Chairman's pocket.
So did we.

880
00:36:14,606 --> 00:36:16,242
Seems he's realized
unilateral Israeli action

881
00:36:16,308 --> 00:36:17,676
will leave his people

882
00:36:17,743 --> 00:36:19,711
with less territory
than they'll get negotiating.

883
00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:21,247
We're talking
about king-making.

884
00:36:21,313 --> 00:36:23,249
We're talking about
separation from a leader

885
00:36:24,416 --> 00:36:26,151
The Israelis won't even
sit down with Farad...

886
00:36:26,218 --> 00:36:27,653
How would this work?

887
00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:29,521
We broker secret talks
with the Israelis,

888
00:36:29,588 --> 00:36:31,122
show them
Mukarat's credible,

889
00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:33,225
they pull back,
take steps

890
00:36:33,292 --> 00:36:34,693
to bolster Mukarat
by releasing prisoners...

891
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,328
We're grasping
at straws here.

892
00:36:36,395 --> 00:36:38,964
This kind of intervention
into Palestinian politics...

893
00:36:39,030 --> 00:36:41,400
KATE:
American intervention is
responsible for propping up

894
00:36:41,467 --> 00:36:43,502
nearly every Arab dictator
in the Middle East.

895
00:36:43,569 --> 00:36:45,737
LEO:
And look where
that's gotten us.

896
00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:47,506
Sir...

897
00:36:47,573 --> 00:36:50,041
it's time to focus
on the terrorist elements

898
00:36:50,108 --> 00:36:51,743
who've declared war on us.

899
00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:54,079
We're at war with a plague
of jealousy and hatred

900
00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:57,015
and the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict is the index patient.

901
00:36:57,082 --> 00:36:58,350
Shouldn't that be
our focus?

902
00:36:58,417 --> 00:37:03,755
Do we have any files on Mukarat?
Writings?

903
00:37:03,822 --> 00:37:04,790
Personal history?

904
00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,925
We can try to pull that
together for you.

905
00:37:06,992 --> 00:37:09,561
LEO:
Only you would decide to hold
a press conference outside

906
00:37:09,628 --> 00:37:10,662
in zero-degree weather.

907
00:37:10,729 --> 00:37:12,664
We'll all freeze to death.

908
00:37:12,731 --> 00:37:14,833
One way to avoid
too many questions.

909
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:16,668
I prefer to avoid
hypothermia.

910
00:37:16,735 --> 00:37:18,203
I'm going to get clobbered
out there.

911
00:37:18,270 --> 00:37:19,571
You're not going
to get clobbered.

912
00:37:19,638 --> 00:37:21,172
Maybe we should ask
for a recount.

913
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:24,643
You got 303 electoral votes;
I think you're stuck with them.

914
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:26,177
( crowd cheering )
Who are all
those people?

915
00:37:26,244 --> 00:37:27,979
The press conference
wasn't a secret.

916
00:37:28,046 --> 00:37:29,448
Apparently you have fans.

917
00:37:29,515 --> 00:37:31,417
What do they want me
to do, run the country?

918
00:37:31,483 --> 00:37:33,118
It's a little surprising,
isn't it?

919
00:37:33,184 --> 00:37:35,020
( applause, cheering continue)

920
00:37:35,086 --> 00:37:36,622
You heard me today.

921
00:37:36,688 --> 00:37:39,224
The general could barely
keep his lunch down.

922
00:37:39,291 --> 00:37:40,592
You don't think
he and Fitzwallace

923
00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:42,127
are going to have a
great laugh over that?

924
00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:44,363
We have some things
to learn.

925
00:37:44,430 --> 00:37:46,097
I can't do this
without you.

926
00:37:46,164 --> 00:37:47,499
You think I'd let you?

927
00:37:47,566 --> 00:37:49,735
There's a reason
I've stayed sober.

928
00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:53,772
PRESIDENT:
Is there any way to gauge
the reaction of the Arab
world?

929
00:37:53,839 --> 00:37:55,106
Of the Israelis?

930
00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:57,108
We have a number
of contacts

931
00:37:57,175 --> 00:37:59,144
we could reach
out to quietly.

932
00:37:59,210 --> 00:38:00,679
Let's do so.

933
00:38:00,746 --> 00:38:04,850
And... keep the FA-18s
on ready alert.

934
00:38:12,924 --> 00:38:13,692
( door closes )

935
00:38:13,759 --> 00:38:15,327
Sir...

936
00:38:15,394 --> 00:38:17,596
this is a waste of time.

937
00:38:17,663 --> 00:38:19,297
We've tried elevating...
Thank you, Leo.

938
00:38:19,365 --> 00:38:20,599
You need to...
Thank you.

939
00:38:30,041 --> 00:38:32,043
( heavy sigh )

940
00:38:56,535 --> 00:38:57,469
Where's Donna Moss?

941
00:38:57,536 --> 00:38:58,970
Excuse me?
Donna Moss.

942
00:38:59,037 --> 00:39:00,939
She's not in her room.
Are you a relative?

943
00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:02,974
I work for the President
of the United States;

944
00:39:03,041 --> 00:39:05,110
I have the diplomatic rank
of a three-star general.

945
00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:06,545
Tell me where Donna Moss is.

946
00:39:08,279 --> 00:39:09,815
You spoke with
Ambassador Galit?

947
00:39:09,881 --> 00:39:12,651
The Israelis are willing to
sit down with Mukarat privately

948
00:39:12,718 --> 00:39:14,820
as long as we can assure them
Chairman Farad

949
00:39:14,886 --> 00:39:16,455
won't be involved in any way.
Okay.

950
00:39:16,522 --> 00:39:18,323
Where are you on this?

951
00:39:18,390 --> 00:39:20,091
Both options have risks.

952
00:39:20,158 --> 00:39:21,460
Yeah.

953
00:39:21,527 --> 00:39:23,061
Give us a moment, would you?

954
00:39:33,839 --> 00:39:35,474
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
you can't go in there.

955
00:39:35,541 --> 00:39:37,042
What's...
There's been
a complication.

956
00:39:37,108 --> 00:39:38,544
She developed a
pulmonary embolism.

957
00:39:38,610 --> 00:39:39,878
It's a blood clot.
A blood clot.

958
00:39:39,945 --> 00:39:41,613
We're trying
to remove it now.

959
00:39:47,218 --> 00:39:48,554
LEO:
You know, on May 13,

960
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:50,656
the day before
Israeli Independence Day,

961
00:39:50,722 --> 00:39:52,424
the TV stations in Israel

962
00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:55,527
screen the name of every soldier
who has fallen for the country.

963
00:39:55,594 --> 00:39:57,429
A name flashes on the screen
for a second or two,

964
00:39:57,496 --> 00:39:59,030
then the next name appears.

965
00:39:59,097 --> 00:40:01,900
You go to bed, you get up,
the names are still flashing.

966
00:40:01,967 --> 00:40:03,602
It takes 24 hours.

967
00:40:03,669 --> 00:40:05,704
That's how they observe
Memorial Day.

968
00:40:05,771 --> 00:40:08,039
Yeah. And they keep lobbing
missiles into Gaza,

969
00:40:08,106 --> 00:40:09,608
we start encouraging it,

970
00:40:09,675 --> 00:40:13,812
how long until that broadcast
lasts 48 hours? Or 72?

971
00:40:13,879 --> 00:40:15,481
How many times
have we tried negotiation?

972
00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:17,215
We're not negotiating
with the chairman.

973
00:40:17,282 --> 00:40:20,486
Your priority should be
the security of this country.

974
00:40:23,722 --> 00:40:25,657
I think you're gun-shy, sir.

975
00:40:25,724 --> 00:40:28,393
The most important moment
of your Presidency

976
00:40:28,460 --> 00:40:30,028
and you're gonna blow it

977
00:40:30,095 --> 00:40:31,262
because you're human,

978
00:40:31,329 --> 00:40:32,464
you're a father
who almost lost...

979
00:40:32,531 --> 00:40:35,100
You think this
is about Zoey?

980
00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,102
You're damn right
it's about Zoey...

981
00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:39,170
and Ellie and Elizabeth
and Mallory.

982
00:40:39,237 --> 00:40:41,907
It's about bombs in
Macy's, in Penn Station,

983
00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:43,141
in Starbucks.

984
00:40:43,208 --> 00:40:45,711
Bombing Gaza could be
the most dangerous move

985
00:40:45,777 --> 00:40:47,412
this country has made
in two centuries.

986
00:40:47,479 --> 00:40:49,114
Or not.
In 75 years,

987
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:50,716
we'll know
if we're right or wrong,

988
00:40:50,782 --> 00:40:51,917
but nobody standing here today

989
00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:53,351
can tell me that
with any certainty.

990
00:40:53,418 --> 00:40:54,786
I'm the guy in the office, Leo.

991
00:40:54,853 --> 00:40:56,655
( crowd cheering )

992
00:40:56,722 --> 00:40:58,323
I'll be the one
who's judged.

993
00:40:58,389 --> 00:40:59,591
PRESIDENT:
You hear me?

994
00:40:59,658 --> 00:41:01,560
It should be
you, Leo.

995
00:41:01,627 --> 00:41:03,562
You, not me.

996
00:41:10,335 --> 00:41:12,538
You got the ball?

997
00:41:12,604 --> 00:41:14,940
( cell phone rings )

998
00:41:19,845 --> 00:41:20,779
Yeah.

999
00:41:20,846 --> 00:41:22,213
The Chairman's on TV.

1000
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,616
He's accepted our invitation
to the negotiations.

1001
00:41:24,683 --> 00:41:25,684
LEO:
What?!

1002
00:41:25,751 --> 00:41:27,418
Chairman Farad-- he's on TV,

1003
00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:29,387
he's thanking us
for inviting him

1004
00:41:29,454 --> 00:41:32,858
and Prime Minister Mukarat
to a summit with the Israelis.

1005
00:41:32,924 --> 00:41:34,560
We didn't invite him!

1006
00:41:34,626 --> 00:41:36,962
We haven't even
formally invited Mukarat!

1007
00:41:37,028 --> 00:41:39,931
He's publicly accepted
our invitation to Camp David.

1008
00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:41,933
ANNOUNCER ( over P.A.):
Ladies and gentlemen,

1009
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,935
it's now time
for our ceremonial first pitch.

1010
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,938
Tonight, we are pleased
to welcome the President

1011
00:41:47,005 --> 00:41:48,239
of the United States.
Jed!

1012
00:41:48,306 --> 00:41:50,876
( crowd cheering )

1013
00:42:16,401 --> 00:42:18,336
( cheering continues )

1014
00:42:18,403 --> 00:42:21,339
Captioning sponsored by
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1015
00:42:21,406 --> 00:42:24,309
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1016
00:42:24,375 --> 00:42:27,345
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1017
00:42:27,412 --> 00:42:30,148
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1018
00:42:30,215 --> 00:42:33,184
CROWD ( chanting ):
Bartlet! Bartlet!

1019
00:42:33,251 --> 00:42:35,821
( baseball thwacks
into catcher's mitt )

1020
00:42:35,887 --> 00:42:37,889
( cheering and applause )