1. Previously on The West Wing:Copy !req
2. Um, can I ask
you something?
Am I a hooker?Copy !req
3. Which one of those kids
is Leo McGarry's daughter?
That would be me.Copy !req
4. You told our boss' daughter
that you slept with a call girl?Copy !req
5. She was putting herself
through law schoolCopy !req
6. under circumstances
that were less than good.Copy !req
7. Way to go, Laurie.Copy !req
8. C.J.:
It took meCopy !req
9. three hours to confirm
there was a picture.Copy !req
10. You've got an itch
for Sam Seaborn.Copy !req
11. I do not have an itch.
A little itch.Copy !req
12. You're asking me out on a date.Copy !req
13. There will be,
under no circumstancesCopy !req
14. sex for you
at the end of the evening.Copy !req
15. There's a concern...
Don't ask C.J.Copy !req
16. She doesn't know anything.Copy !req
17. Excuse me. I need
to go look like an idiot.Copy !req
18. Galileo 5.Copy !req
19. C.J.:
Yes, sir.Copy !req
20. Galileo 5.
Just the name.Copy !req
21. Yes, indeed.
You can feel
the adventure.Copy !req
22. They are.
NASA's great
at naming things.Copy !req
23. Mercury, Apollo, AtlantisCopy !req
24. The Sea of Tranquillity,
The Ocean of Storms.Copy !req
25. Good names.Copy !req
26. The first time
I heard Galileo 5?Copy !req
27. The way the imagination
immediately...Copy !req
28. It reminded me of the way
folks in my generation feltCopy !req
29. Okay.
when we heard
"Yellow Submarine."Copy !req
30. We really did all want
to live in a yellow submarine.Copy !req
31. It can't believe they gave
you people driver's licenses.Copy !req
32. Tell me where
we're going again.Copy !req
33. Mars briefing rehearsal.Copy !req
34. To rehearse.
Why?Copy !req
35. I said the name.
Say the name.Copy !req
36. Say it again.Copy !req
37. Your imagination,
like a child, will explodeCopy !req
38. with unrestrained
possibilities for adventure.Copy !req
39. Galileo 5.Copy !req
40. You didn't say it right.Copy !req
41. I said it fine.
Say it again.Copy !req
42. Who wrote this intro?Copy !req
43. I did.Copy !req
44. You're from NASA
Public Affairs?
Yeah.Copy !req
45. You mind if I
give it a polish?
Is there a problem?Copy !req
46. No, it's great.
You mind if I change it?Copy !req
47. Just the same...
I'd prefer
if you didn't.Copy !req
48. Public Affairs has
cleared the text.Copy !req
49. If it's going to be
changed, I'd prefer if
the President changed it.Copy !req
50. See, that's kind of what
he pays me to do, so...Copy !req
51. Look, I don't want
to step on your toes.Copy !req
52. You don't want to step on
mine. We're both writers.Copy !req
53. Yes, I suppose,
if we broadenCopy !req
54. the definition to
those who can spell.Copy !req
55. Excuse me?Copy !req
56. Good morning.Copy !req
57. Good morning, Mr. President.Copy !req
58. This is the crew
from NASA Public Affairs.Copy !req
59. How you doing?
Sir, we're going
to run you throughCopy !req
60. the drill for
tomorrow morning.Copy !req
61. First of all, you'll be
flanked on either sideCopy !req
62. by the Flight Operations Manager
David NarakawaCopy !req
63. and NASA Chief Administrator
Dr. Peter Jobson.Copy !req
64. On either side of them
will be Dr. Samuel ThurmanCopy !req
65. of the Meteorite Analysis Team
from the Johnson Space CenterCopy !req
66. and Dr. Joyce Grey-SuttonCopy !req
67. Planetary Geologist from
Cal State Northridge.Copy !req
68. On these monitorsCopy !req
69. you'll be seeing the images
beamed back from the surfaceCopy !req
70. and on this computer screen,
you'll be able to readCopy !req
71. the questions being
sent in by the kids.Copy !req
72. Yes.
I strongly urge you...Copy !req
73. I strongly
urge you...
I know.Copy !req
74. I strongly urge you,
Mr. PresidentCopy !req
75. to act as moderator,
and pass the questions offCopy !req
76. to one of the experts
on the panelCopy !req
77. rather than answer it yourself.Copy !req
78. Yes.
Would you like to see
some of the questions?Copy !req
79. We have questions in advance?Copy !req
80. Some of them. Would
you put them up?Copy !req
81. Katie, a sixth graderCopy !req
82. at Green Oaks Junior High
School, Austin, Texas, asksCopy !req
83. "How old is
the planet Mars?"Copy !req
84. That's a great
question, Katie.Copy !req
85. The planet Mars
is 4.6 billion years old.Copy !req
86. What did I just say?
I knew that one.Copy !req
87. Nobody likes a know-it-all.Copy !req
88. Yes, God forbidCopy !req
89. that while talking
to 60,000 public school studentsCopy !req
90. the President
should appear smart.Copy !req
91. That's fine.
Just don't show off.Copy !req
92. I don't show off.Copy !req
93. Stevie, fourth grader,
P.S. 31, Manhattan, asksCopy !req
94. "What is the temperature
on Mars?"Copy !req
95. Well, StevieCopy !req
96. if one of our expert
panelists were hereCopy !req
97. they would tell you
the average temperatureCopy !req
98. ranges from 15 degrees
to minus-140.Copy !req
99. That happens to be wrong.Copy !req
100. It ranges from 60 to minus-225.Copy !req
101. I converted it
to Celsius in my head.Copy !req
102. Thank you.Copy !req
103. Can I see the intro?Copy !req
104. It's up on the prompter.Copy !req
105. Ah. "Good morning,
I'm speaking to you liveCopy !req
106. "from the West Wing
of the White House.Copy !req
107. "Today, we have
a very unique opportunityCopy !req
108. to take part, live, in an
extremely historic event whi..."Copy !req
109. Whoa, boy...Copy !req
110. How you doing, Mr. President?Copy !req
111. Who wrote this intro?Copy !req
112. I did, sir.Copy !req
113. I'm Scott Tate
from NASA Public Affairs.Copy !req
114. Scott, unique meansCopy !req
115. one of a kind.Copy !req
116. Something can't
be very uniqueCopy !req
117. nor can it be
extremely historic.Copy !req
118. While we're at it,
do we have to useCopy !req
119. the word "live" twice
in the first two sentencesCopy !req
120. like we just
cracked the technology?Copy !req
121. Look...
We're also broadcasting
in living color, right?Copy !req
122. Sam?Copy !req
123. Yeah.Copy !req
124. He's going to
make some changes.Copy !req
125. You're going to
clear them with me?Copy !req
126. I doubt it.Copy !req
127. Write this:Copy !req
128. "Good morning. Eleven months
ago, a 1,200-pound spacecraftCopy !req
129. "blasted off from
Cape Canaveral, Florida.Copy !req
130. 18 hours ago..."Copy !req
131. Is it 18 hours ago?Copy !req
132. We're on the air
at noon eastern.
Yeah.Copy !req
133. "18 hours ago,
it landed on the planet Mars.Copy !req
134. "You, me...Copy !req
135. "and 60,000 of your fellow
students across the countryCopy !req
136. "along with astro-scientists
and engineersCopy !req
137. "from the Jet Propulsion Lab
in Southern CaliforniaCopy !req
138. "NASA Houston, and right
here at the White HouseCopy !req
139. "are going to be the first
to see what it seesCopy !req
140. "and to chronicle
the extraordinary voyageCopy !req
141. of an unmanned ship
called Galileo 5."Copy !req
142. He said it right.Copy !req
143. I don't understandCopy !req
144. how if it's noon in the East
and 9:00 PacificCopy !req
145. how it's 2:37 on Mars.Copy !req
146. Well, Mars is
a different time zone.Copy !req
147. Yeah, it's the 37 minutes
I was...Copy !req
148. Mars rotates on its own axisCopy !req
149. once every 24 hours
and 37 minutes.Copy !req
150. Ah.
Have you seenCopy !req
151. this morning's
News Report?Copy !req
152. Yes.
About the green beans?Copy !req
153. I didn't see anything
about the green beans.Copy !req
154. The Milwaukee Journal
is quoting an unnamed
White House sourceCopy !req
155. as saying the President
doesn't like green beans.Copy !req
156. That's a pretty slow news day
in Milwaukee.Copy !req
157. Josh.Copy !req
158. It's not going to be a thing.Copy !req
159. You guys done?
Yeah.Copy !req
160. Walk me out.Copy !req
161. Leo, ask me how long
a Martian day is.Copy !req
162. No, I don't
think I will.Copy !req
163. Toby, do you know
how a stamp is chosen?
A stamp?Copy !req
164. Yeah.
No.Copy !req
165. You're going to learn.
Why?Copy !req
166. The Postmaster
General needs
your help.Copy !req
167. Why?Copy !req
168. The Citizen's Stamp
Advisory Committee has...Copy !req
169. There's a Citizen's Stamp
Advisory Committee?Copy !req
170. Yes.Copy !req
171. Made up of members of theCopy !req
172. "There but for the Grace
of God Go I" Club.Copy !req
173. You want to mock
people or you want
to let me talk to Toby?Copy !req
174. I want to mock people.Copy !req
175. The Citizen's Stamp
Advisory CommitteeCopy !req
176. has recommended
to the Postmaster GeneralCopy !req
177. that Marcus Aquino
be put on the next issue.Copy !req
178. You know who he is?
No.Copy !req
179. He's a former Resident
Commissioner of Puerto RicoCopy !req
180. and a Korean War hero.Copy !req
181. What's the problem?Copy !req
182. He advocated
statehood, right?Copy !req
183. Strongly advocated it.Copy !req
184. Give it to
somebody else.
No.Copy !req
185. Please?Copy !req
186. This is a public face thingCopy !req
187. and the Postmaster General
wants your help.Copy !req
188. Well, he can wait in
a line around the blockCopy !req
189. while two of my
20 teller windows are open.Copy !req
190. Make a recommendation
by the end of the day.Copy !req
191. Yeah.Copy !req
192. What are you
smiling at?Copy !req
193. Nothing, I just...Copy !req
194. Toby got
the stamp assignment.Copy !req
195. Leo, I might need
some help.Copy !req
196. Take Josh.Copy !req
197. Thanks. Congratulations.Copy !req
198. You're choosing
the next stamp.Copy !req
199. Wow, that happened fast.Copy !req
200. 687 days?
Yeah.Copy !req
201. Hey, Carol.
Hey, Toby.Copy !req
202. A Martian year
is 687 days.Copy !req
203. Yes. Did you see this
morning's News Report?Copy !req
204. I'm boning up my Mars.
C.J...Copy !req
205. He thinks he's so smart
just because, you know,
he's so smart...Copy !req
206. Did you see
this morning's...?Copy !req
207. Of course I saw the News Report.
I highlighted your copy.Copy !req
208. You didn't highlight
the green bean story.Copy !req
209. No, I thought it was bestCopy !req
210. just to alert
Justice Department officials.Copy !req
211. "An unnamed White
House source..."
I read the story.Copy !req
212. I just didn't highlight it.Copy !req
213. This won't be picked up?Copy !req
214. Why not?
No.Copy !req
215. It's absolutely not a story.Copy !req
216. See me in three hours.Copy !req
217. See me in
three hours.
It's not a story.Copy !req
218. How many moons does Mars have?Copy !req
219. Two— Phobos and DeimosCopy !req
220. the horses that
pulled his chariot.Copy !req
221. Get out.Copy !req
222. Three hours.Copy !req
223. Yeah.
Carol?Copy !req
224. She wants
information
on green beans.Copy !req
225. You have work to do?
I'm picking a stamp.Copy !req
226. Nobody likes people
who know everything.Copy !req
227. So I've discovered in my life.Copy !req
228. Get me information
on green beans.Copy !req
229. Most of the afternoon'sCopy !req
230. blocked off for
budget meetings.Copy !req
231. 3:00 is HUD, 3:30 Health
and Human ServicesCopy !req
232. 4:00 Interior and
4:30 Agriculture.Copy !req
233. Good afternoon,
Mr. President.Copy !req
234. Yeah. What else?Copy !req
235. 5:00 is a reception
for the UAWCopy !req
236. and then you've got phone calls
from 5:30 to 6:30.Copy !req
237. Okay, but then,
let's bring the curtain down.Copy !req
238. I got a great night planned.Copy !req
239. I got two books on Mars
and a book on Galileo himself.Copy !req
240. I'm going to go to
the residence and read.Copy !req
241. Sir...
Mrs. Landingham?Copy !req
242. Yes, sir?
Nothing after 6:30.Copy !req
243. I'm going to go to the residence
and read about MarsCopy !req
244. which, while colder and drier,
has four Earthlike seasons.Copy !req
245. No, sir.Copy !req
246. It does.Copy !req
247. Oh, I'm sure
you're rightCopy !req
248. but I'm saying no,
you won't be reading tonight.Copy !req
249. You're attending a concert
at the Kennedy Center.Copy !req
250. Since when?
Mr. McGarry's office
put it on your schedule.Copy !req
251. Get me Leo.Copy !req
252. I was about to tell you.Copy !req
253. Apparently,
it's important
that you go.Copy !req
254. Yes, sir.
To a concert?Copy !req
255. Did Buddy Holly come back?Copy !req
256. It's the Reykjavik
Symphony Orchestra.Copy !req
257. The Reykjavik
Symphony Orchestra?Copy !req
258. Yes, sir.
Leo!Copy !req
259. It's in Iceland.Copy !req
260. I know where
Reykjavik is, Charlie.Copy !req
261. I wish I was there right now.Copy !req
262. Yes, Mr. President.Copy !req
263. The Reykjavik
Symphony Orchestra?Copy !req
264. I hear they're pretty good.Copy !req
265. Why do I...?Copy !req
266. Because you canceled
yesterday's meetingCopy !req
267. with the Icelandic
Ambassador.Copy !req
268. And I'm being punished.
No, sir.Copy !req
269. Iceland is consideringCopy !req
270. defying the ban
on whale huntingCopy !req
271. imposed by the
International
Whaling Commission.Copy !req
272. They're in danger of
joining Norway and Japan.Copy !req
273. There's a lucrative
international demandCopy !req
274. for fresh Icelandic
mink whale meat.Copy !req
275. Is this is joke?
No, sir.Copy !req
276. Needless to say,
both the State DepartmentCopy !req
277. and the Fisheries' subdivision
of the Department of AgricultureCopy !req
278. feel that
we shouldn't do anythingCopy !req
279. to offend Iceland right now.Copy !req
280. Which we did by canceling
the meeting yesterday.Copy !req
281. Apparently.Copy !req
282. So to make up for it, I'm going
to see the Reykjavik Symphony.Copy !req
283. Yes, sir.Copy !req
284. With Ambassador, uh...Copy !req
285. Vigdis Olafsdottir.Copy !req
286. Okay.Copy !req
287. He's very excited to meet you.Copy !req
288. I'll give you
a thousand dollarsCopy !req
289. if you don't make me go.Copy !req
290. Think of the whales.Copy !req
291. Do they vote?Copy !req
292. Mr. President.
Yeah?Copy !req
293. Intelligence briefing.Copy !req
294. Send them in.
This might be something.Copy !req
295. Why?Copy !req
296. There was an explosionCopy !req
297. in a Russian
oil refinery.Copy !req
298. Good afternoon,
Mr. President.
Hey, Jack.Copy !req
299. Yes, sir.
Charlie?Copy !req
300. Gentlemen, please.Copy !req
301. There was an explosion?Copy !req
302. Well, INTARTASS
is reportingCopy !req
303. that there's a fire
burning in an oil
refinery in Kozelsk.Copy !req
304. Yeah.
That's in
the Oblast region?Copy !req
305. What's the problem, Jack?Copy !req
306. There is no oil refinery
in Kozelsk.Copy !req
307. Oh, man.Copy !req
308. The closest oil refineryCopy !req
309. is about 20
kilometers southeast.Copy !req
310. It's not a refinery fire?Copy !req
311. It's a missile silo.Copy !req
312. There was an explosion
in a missile silo?Copy !req
313. We can't confirm
that at this pointCopy !req
314. but the Russians
have 20 SS-19s
in the quadrantCopy !req
315. and Keyhole has
pictures of a
column of smokeCopy !req
316. emergency personnel
on the groundCopy !req
317. but no burning structureCopy !req
318. and certainly
no oil refinery.Copy !req
319. If a missile exploded,
is it possible it was armed?Copy !req
320. Was there a warhead?Copy !req
321. We can put together a briefing
for you in an hour.Copy !req
322. Half hour, Jack.Copy !req
323. Thank you.Copy !req
324. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
325. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
326. Did they think we weren't
going to see it, Leo?Copy !req
327. It's a Cold War mentality.Copy !req
328. If they ask, we could help them.Copy !req
329. I wouldn't wait for
the phone to ring.Copy !req
330. Yeah.Copy !req
331. Yeah.Copy !req
332. Galileo Galilei...Copy !req
333. He sat in a cathedral in Pisa.Copy !req
334. He watched a lamp
suspended from the ceilingCopy !req
335. as it oscillated back and forth.Copy !req
336. He used his pulse
to keep timeCopy !req
337. and discovered that
the period of oscillationCopy !req
338. was independent of
the size of the arc.Copy !req
339. Then a few years later,
he contradicted the theoryCopy !req
340. that a heavier body falls faster
than a lighter oneCopy !req
341. which took some guts
back in 1609Copy !req
342. when you consider that
the theory he was contradictingCopy !req
343. was Aristotle's.Copy !req
344. You want a broader theme
for the classroom?Copy !req
345. Charlie?Copy !req
346. I really do.Copy !req
347. Have Sam and C.J. come tonight.Copy !req
348. I'll be in my office.Copy !req
349. Thanks.
Yes, sir.Copy !req
350. He contradicted Aristotle,
Charlie.Copy !req
351. He saw the rings on Saturn.Copy !req
352. Yes, he did.Copy !req
353. Did you need
something, sir?Copy !req
354. Yes.Copy !req
355. What's next?Copy !req
356. Deputy Secretary Hallis
and the Trap Commission.Copy !req
357. They're meeting
in the Map Room...Copy !req
358. The process by which a postage
stamp enters into circulationCopy !req
359. begins with
the American public.Copy !req
360. What?Copy !req
361. Are you even
listening?
No.Copy !req
362. Do you want to
do this or not?Copy !req
363. I don't.
I did index cards.Copy !req
364. How many?
87.Copy !req
365. Reduce it to three.Copy !req
366. Philately's fun, Josh.Copy !req
367. I'm sorry. What's fun?Copy !req
368. Philately—
stamp collecting.Copy !req
369. Okay, be careful how you
say that word, 'cause...Copy !req
370. Can we work?Copy !req
371. Tell me what you know.Copy !req
372. The process
by which a stampCopy !req
373. enters into
circulationCopy !req
374. begins with the American public.Copy !req
375. Well, that's always
our first mistake.Copy !req
376. About 50,000 proposals
a year are submittedCopy !req
377. to the Citizen's Stamp
Advisory CommitteeCopy !req
378. the acronym for which is...Copy !req
379. C-SAC.
Dork Squad.Copy !req
380. The committee then
makes a recommendationCopy !req
381. to the Postmaster General—
in this case, Marcus Aquino.Copy !req
382. He won the Silver Star
for service in Korea.Copy !req
383. There are numerous instances
listed here of lifesaving valorCopy !req
384. and actions
well above and beyond the call.Copy !req
385. As Puerto Rico's
Resident CommissionerCopy !req
386. he served Congress
faithfully and well.Copy !req
387. Let's put him on a stamp.Copy !req
388. Let's put you on a stamp.Copy !req
389. Okay.Copy !req
390. Let's talk about the problem.Copy !req
391. Toby...Copy !req
392. Two hours and 20 minutes.Copy !req
393. Yes. Let me say first that
you were right and I was wrong.Copy !req
394. And the oddsmakers
take a beating.Copy !req
395. Yes?
When I said before
that nobody would pick it up?Copy !req
396. Yes.
Everybody's picked it up.Copy !req
397. And when I said
that even if they didCopy !req
398. Yes?
it wouldn't be
a big deal?Copy !req
399. It's a bit of a deal.
You know where?Copy !req
400. In Oregon?Copy !req
401. In Oregon. You know why?Copy !req
402. 'Cause they're a major producer
of green beans?Copy !req
403. They're a huge producer, Toby.Copy !req
404. Green beans—Copy !req
405. or snap beans—Copy !req
406. represent
a significant percentageCopy !req
407. of Oregon's annual revenue,
but here's the thing.Copy !req
408. There's an electoral problem?
There's an
electoral problem.Copy !req
409. We won Oregon
by less than 10,000 votesCopy !req
410. and we're going to need them.Copy !req
411. Yeah.Copy !req
412. Good.
Okay, well, I'm on it now.Copy !req
413. So, you know what?Copy !req
414. So, it took me
two hours and 20 minutes longerCopy !req
415. to figure it out
than it took you.Copy !req
416. Doesn't make you
smarter than I am.Copy !req
417. Of course not.Copy !req
418. Thank you.Copy !req
419. My SAT scores,
on the other hand...Copy !req
420. I've got to go start spinningCopy !req
421. the green bean problem.Copy !req
422. Knock 'em dead.Copy !req
423. Oh, C.J...
I had fine
SAT scores.Copy !req
424. The President wants you
to go with him tonight
to the Kennedy Center.Copy !req
425. Why?Copy !req
426. He wants to
discuss a themeCopy !req
427. for the closed-circuit
classroom tomorrow morning.Copy !req
428. A theme?
Yeah.Copy !req
429. We're landing a probe
on Mars.Copy !req
430. Yeah.
That's the theme.Copy !req
431. He wants to discuss
a broader themeCopy !req
432. Who else?
and he wants Sam, too.Copy !req
433. That's it.
Oh, Mallory's going.Copy !req
434. You, Sam, Mallory,
the PresidentCopy !req
435. and an Icelandic
delegation.Copy !req
436. Hang on.Copy !req
437. What?Copy !req
438. Why not?
I can't go.Copy !req
439. Yeah?
There'll be
State Department
people there.Copy !req
440. I just added
a new Deputy.Copy !req
441. Most of the people
I interviewed
were from State.Copy !req
442. The Kennedy Center's going
to be packed to the PotomacCopy !req
443. with people
I just rejected.Copy !req
444. So is the bar at
the Four Seasons.Copy !req
445. Leo...
Be there. Tell Sam.Copy !req
446. Yeah?
Carol?Copy !req
447. Would you have someone
go to my apartmentCopy !req
448. and pick up my blue ArmaniCopy !req
449. Yeah.
and a pair
of shoes?Copy !req
450. Sam?
Yeah?Copy !req
451. The President wants us to
go to the concert tonightCopy !req
452. so we can discuss
broader themes for the
televised classroom.Copy !req
453. Great.
Great?Copy !req
454. It should be about
more than rocks
and average rainfall.Copy !req
455. Oh, God, does it
rain on Mars?Copy !req
456. No, but I'm saying...Copy !req
457. The White House should
develop a broader theme.Copy !req
458. That's right,
and I think it's incredibleCopy !req
459. the President's asked
the two of us.Copy !req
460. It's a privilege,
and we should attackCopy !req
461. with energy due the moment.Copy !req
462. Mallory's going
to be there.Copy !req
463. I can't go.Copy !req
464. God, Sam, I would
think that faced
with the privilegeCopy !req
465. of attacking with
energy due the moment...Copy !req
466. Screw the moment.
I can't go.Copy !req
467. Well, I'm afraid,
as we used to say
in my hometownCopy !req
468. that's just hard cheese.Copy !req
469. That's a real
Algonquin Round Table
you grew up with, C.J.Copy !req
470. Hey, that is, like,
the fourth time I've
been called dumb today.Copy !req
471. I never called her
after the picture—Copy !req
472. of me and Laurie
in the newspaper—Copy !req
473. I never called her
and she never called me.Copy !req
474. No.
You haven't spoken
since the picture?Copy !req
475. What about the shooting?
You didn't see her
at the hospital?Copy !req
476. No. I mean, I did, but... no.Copy !req
477. She started seeing somebody.Copy !req
478. Sam, did I tell you
not to get a crush
on the boss's daughter?Copy !req
479. Yeah. Don't you have
a vegetable crisis to
fix or something?Copy !req
480. Yes.Copy !req
481. Okay.Copy !req
482. The warhead didn't detonate.Copy !req
483. The SS-19s
had just been downloaded.Copy !req
484. But you're ready
to confirm...Copy !req
485. An SS-19 StilettoCopy !req
486. intercontinental
ballistic missileCopy !req
487. blew up in its silo, yes.Copy !req
488. What do you think
happened?Copy !req
489. Mr. PresidentCopy !req
490. every morning
at your intelligence briefingCopy !req
491. seven days a week,
you're told aboutCopy !req
492. the troubling state
of the Russian military.Copy !req
493. I think
you just saw evidence of it.Copy !req
494. You think somebody screwed up?Copy !req
495. I think either somebody
screwed up or a computer did.Copy !req
496. You want to know the truth?Copy !req
497. I think
an early warningCopy !req
498. ballistic missile system
and the troops who run itCopy !req
499. mistakenly detected a bogeyCopy !req
500. from a flock
of Norwegian geese.Copy !req
501. Where are we
with the Russian Ambassador?Copy !req
502. She's still
claimingCopy !req
503. it's an oil refinery fire.Copy !req
504. Leo, I want you to see her
as soon as she can get here.Copy !req
505. Thank you,
everybody.Copy !req
506. Thank you, Mr. President.Copy !req
507. Leo.Copy !req
508. Yeah?
Mike.Copy !req
509. Would you have
the President'sCopy !req
510. NASA advisor come over?Copy !req
511. Yes, sir. Can I tell him why?Copy !req
512. We lost the signal from Galileo.Copy !req
513. Yes, but we have
to remain neutral.Copy !req
514. It's a stamp.Copy !req
515. I understand that it's a stamp,
but I'm sayingCopy !req
516. that when it comes
to statehood for Puerto RicoCopy !req
517. the United States
has to remain neutral.Copy !req
518. Puerto Rico's in
the United States.Copy !req
519. Once again,
thank you for that reviewCopy !req
520. of fifth grade social studiesCopy !req
521. but I meant the Federal
Government must remain...Copy !req
522. Puerto Rico's in the
Federal Government.Copy !req
523. No, it's not.Copy !req
524. They send a Resident
Commissioner to Congress.Copy !req
525. Who can't vote,
but that's beside the point.Copy !req
526. What is the point?Copy !req
527. Aquino was strongly
in favor of statehood.Copy !req
528. To put his face
on a stampCopy !req
529. would be promoting
his beliefs, which
we can't do.Copy !req
530. Because we have
to remain neutral.Copy !req
531. Yes.Copy !req
532. Well, that's idiotic.Copy !req
533. Oh, like it's
the first time.Copy !req
534. He voiced an opinion,
so he can't be on a stamp?Copy !req
535. ( sighing ):
Donna...Copy !req
536. Sides have
been taken:Copy !req
537. Former Presidents,
the SpeakerCopy !req
538. the Minority Leader,
they all sayCopy !req
539. that statehood is in
the long-term interest
of Puerto RicoCopy !req
540. and that as it stands
now, 3.8 million
American citizensCopy !req
541. have been relegated
to second-class status.Copy !req
542. That's... that's more
people than Mississippi.Copy !req
543. Mississippi's never minded
being relegatedCopy !req
544. to second-class status.Copy !req
545. Oh, you're going to makeCopy !req
546. your little bigoted
Mississippi jokes?Copy !req
547. Yes, I am.Copy !req
548. Isn't anyone worriedCopy !req
549. that if they're
not given statehoodCopy !req
550. they'll want
independence?Copy !req
551. Exactly no one is worried
about that. You know why?Copy !req
552. Because Puerto Rico
is absolutely dependent
on U.S. manufacturingCopy !req
553. which contributes
40% to the GDPCopy !req
554. and accounts for 24%
of their workforce.Copy !req
555. I don't care. People don't
sit still for tyranny.Copy !req
556. How is it tyranny?Copy !req
557. Puerto Ricans
have to registerCopy !req
558. to be drafted
into the armed forcesCopy !req
559. yet they're not allowed
to vote for President.Copy !req
560. They're expected to die
for a Commander in ChiefCopy !req
561. they had no voice
in electing?Copy !req
562. Donna...Copy !req
563. We have colonized them.
They will rise up against us.Copy !req
564. I think we can take 'em.Copy !req
565. That's what we said
about the British.Copy !req
566. We took the British.Copy !req
567. You know what I'm saying.Copy !req
568. Hardly ever.Copy !req
569. Josh.Copy !req
570. What's going on?Copy !req
571. The know it entered
the Martian atmosphereCopy !req
572. at 3:01 p.m. Eastern,
which it was supposed to.Copy !req
573. They know it was on courseCopy !req
574. traveling at a rate
of 15,400 miles per hourCopy !req
575. which it was supposed to.Copy !req
576. Somewhere during its descentCopy !req
577. it was also supposed
to release two probesCopy !req
578. each about the size
of a basketballCopy !req
579. firing them
deep into the groundCopy !req
580. as part of the mission's searchCopy !req
581. for evidence of water
under the surface.Copy !req
582. We think if we hit
the ground hard enoughCopy !req
583. we can make it to the
center of the planet
and find water?Copy !req
584. Yeah.Copy !req
585. That's not a theory
of physicsCopy !req
586. pretty much disproved
by Wile E. Coyote?Copy !req
587. The probes were supposed to send
a signal back to EarthCopy !req
588. through the
Global Surveyor Orbiter.Copy !req
589. And we haven't
gotten the signal.Copy !req
590. The last the
flight controllers
heard from GalileoCopy !req
591. was 11 minutes
before landingCopy !req
592. when all systems
were operating normally.Copy !req
593. Then it entered what they call
a communications blackout periodCopy !req
594. and hasn't been
heard from since.Copy !req
595. I know how it feels.Copy !req
596. They're trying
What are they trying?Copy !req
597. the things they try.Copy !req
598. I'll give it an hour
and then tell LeoCopy !req
599. we've got to cancel
the classroom.Copy !req
600. Josh!Copy !req
601. The stamp.
Yeah?Copy !req
602. You were supposed to do this,
you know.Copy !req
603. I delegated.Copy !req
604. Yeah.Copy !req
605. I've got more
index cards.Copy !req
606. C.J.?Copy !req
607. I'm late.Copy !req
608. Where are you going?Copy !req
609. I have to go
to the Kennedy CenterCopy !req
610. and be with people
who don't like me.Copy !req
611. You can do that
right here.Copy !req
612. Sorry.
We're late.Copy !req
613. You're going,
too?Copy !req
614. The President
wants to discussCopy !req
615. broader themes
for the classroom.Copy !req
616. I don't think there
will be a classroom.Copy !req
617. The President's
holding out hope.Copy !req
618. In the meantime,
Mallory's going to be thereCopy !req
619. with her boyfriend,
and it's going to be weirdCopy !req
620. because we haven't
spoken to one another
since the pictureCopy !req
621. which was wrong, I know,
but I'm not even sureCopy !req
622. there was an implied
obligation to do that.Copy !req
623. Please, let's remember,
it's not like we were dating.Copy !req
624. It was a flirtation—
we had one date—Copy !req
625. and the rest were all
with groups of people
and, I don't knowCopy !req
626. I don't even know
what dating is anymore.Copy !req
627. Well, that's 20
seconds of my lifeCopy !req
628. I'm never going
to get back.Copy !req
629. Let's go.Copy !req
630. Mr. McGarry will
be here in a moment.Copy !req
631. Yes.Copy !req
632. Are you sure I can't
get you anything?Copy !req
633. No, thank you.Copy !req
634. I'll be waiting
outside, then.Copy !req
635. If you need anythingCopy !req
636. please don't hesitate
to shout my nameCopy !req
637. which is Margaret.Copy !req
638. Yes.Copy !req
639. The Russian
Ambassador's here.Copy !req
640. Thanks.Copy !req
641. I left her aloneCopy !req
642. 'cause I think
I was freaking her out.Copy !req
643. It wouldn't
surprise me.Copy !req
644. Madame Ambassador.Copy !req
645. Leo.Copy !req
646. Thank you for coming.Copy !req
647. You look handsome, Leo.Copy !req
648. Thank you.Copy !req
649. You look very nice yourself.Copy !req
650. You get more handsome every yearCopy !req
651. and you're having your suits
handmade now.Copy !req
652. Nadia, are you hitting on me?Copy !req
653. I was sorry to hear
about your divorce.Copy !req
654. You have a fire
in a missile silo.Copy !req
655. It is an oil refinery.Copy !req
656. These are
Keyhole Satellite photographs.Copy !req
657. Would you point, please,
to the oil refinery
in these pictures?Copy !req
658. I'm not in a position to comment
on matters of national security.Copy !req
659. Okay, can you tell meCopy !req
660. how an oil refinery explosion
would affect national security?Copy !req
661. This is really a matter
to be taken upCopy !req
662. with the Foreign Minister.Copy !req
663. I'm taking it upCopy !req
664. with the Russian
Ambassador to
the United States.Copy !req
665. Is your country ready to denyCopy !req
666. there was an explosion
at Sego Silo 14-D?Copy !req
667. We know how to deal
with these kinds
of emergencies.Copy !req
668. We have guys who train for it
all the time.Copy !req
669. Ask us for help.Copy !req
670. Do we know
what they're playing?Copy !req
671. I'm sorry, sir?Copy !req
672. The Reykjavik Symphony—Copy !req
673. do we know
what they're playingCopy !req
674. and for how long
they're playing it?Copy !req
675. It says here "An Evening
of Modern Music."Copy !req
676. Turn the car around.Copy !req
677. The orchestra
features 90 piecesCopy !req
678. including anvils
and castanets.Copy !req
679. Turn the car around.Copy !req
680. Modern music is cool.Copy !req
681. Modern music sucks.Copy !req
682. Anything written
after 1860 sucks.Copy !req
683. "Samuel Barber,
Symphony Number 2."
Sucks.Copy !req
684. "Stravinsky,
Variations on a Theme."
Sucks.Copy !req
685. "Schoenberg, Enlightened Night
for String Orchestra."
Totally blows.Copy !req
686. "After intermission,
they'll be performingCopy !req
687. the world premiere
of a piece..."Copy !req
688. Played on teapots
and gefilte fish...Copy !req
689. by a new Icelandic composer."Copy !req
690. They told me he
got so nervousCopy !req
691. when he heard you
were coming tonightCopy !req
692. that he was rewriting the piece
until 6:00.Copy !req
693. If he wants more time,
I'm happy to take a rain check.Copy !req
694. I thought you liked
classical music.Copy !req
695. I do, but this
is not classical music.Copy !req
696. It is not classical musicCopy !req
697. if the guy finished writing it
this afternoon.Copy !req
698. C.J.!Copy !req
699. Yes, sir.Copy !req
700. A broader theme.Copy !req
701. Sam and I'll be talking
about it.Copy !req
702. I don't get that
many opportunities
to talk to kids.Copy !req
703. Sir, at some point, I'm going
to have to pull the plugCopy !req
704. to give everyone
enough notice.Copy !req
705. Yeah, but let's let
them work for a while.Copy !req
706. Yes, sir.Copy !req
707. Where's Sam?Copy !req
708. He's inside,
hiding from Mallory.Copy !req
709. Why is he hiding
from Mallory?Copy !req
710. Do you really
want to know?Copy !req
711. Not at all.Copy !req
712. I didn't think so.Copy !req
713. Hey, Sam.Copy !req
714. Man 2:
How you doing, Sam?Copy !req
715. Pretty good.Copy !req
716. Man 3:
Hey, Sam.Copy !req
717. Hi, Benny.Copy !req
718. Hey, Sam.Copy !req
719. How you doing?Copy !req
720. I'm good.Copy !req
721. Good.Copy !req
722. And you?Copy !req
723. Good.Copy !req
724. Excellent.Copy !req
725. Can I just say that I was
the one who was in trouble.Copy !req
726. I was the one under siege.Copy !req
727. It was my picture in the paper,
and I don't know whyCopy !req
728. I needed to call you
and explain myself.Copy !req
729. It was a picture of you
and a call girl.Copy !req
730. Like there aren't any pictures
of you and a call girl.Copy !req
731. No, there aren't any pictures
of me and a call girl.Copy !req
732. Well, that's a crime.Copy !req
733. You know, if you'd
just picked up the phone...Copy !req
734. Yeah, yeah.
Who's your boyfriend?Copy !req
735. I don't think...
What's his name?Copy !req
736. His name is Richard Andrewchuk.Copy !req
737. There's a hockey
player named
Richard Andrewchuk.Copy !req
738. Well, unless there
are two of them...Copy !req
739. You're dating
Richard Andrewchuk?Copy !req
740. Yes, and we're having
quite a lot of sex.Copy !req
741. What does
that mean?
I'd think you'd
almost have to.Copy !req
742. What do you and Richard
Andrewchuk talk about?Copy !req
743. He happens to be
a terribly bright guy.Copy !req
744. Well, good, because he's
a really bad hockey player.Copy !req
745. He's had injury problems
this season.Copy !req
746. From falling down.Copy !req
747. Look, I came over here...Copy !req
748. Excuse me.Copy !req
749. Thank you.Copy !req
750. Excuse me.Copy !req
751. I took trombone lessons
when I was a kid.Copy !req
752. Not much solo music
written for tromboneCopy !req
753. but I wanted to play
in the marching band.Copy !req
754. The thing was,
my arms were too shortCopy !req
755. to reach seventh position.Copy !req
756. One afternoon,
during a gameCopy !req
757. I gave it all I had,
and ended upCopy !req
758. throwing the slide
into the end zoneCopy !req
759. which was more
than I could say
for our quarterback.Copy !req
760. Would you excuse me
just one moment?Copy !req
761. Galileo?Copy !req
762. No sir, the oil refinery.Copy !req
763. Yeah, what?Copy !req
764. You're going to need
a briefing from
the Pentagon.Copy !req
765. The explosion occurred
while liquid hydrogen
was being drained.Copy !req
766. ( sighing ):
Okay.Copy !req
767. What about Galileo?Copy !req
768. They're working on it.Copy !req
769. Okay.Copy !req
770. I'll get a
statement ready.Copy !req
771. Yeah.Copy !req
772. Someone was draining hydrogen?Copy !req
773. Yeah.Copy !req
774. Mr. President?
Yeah.Copy !req
775. Your box is ready.Copy !req
776. Thanks.Copy !req
777. Please...Copy !req
778. Toby Ziegler.
Thanks.Copy !req
779. You'll need to
take it outside.Copy !req
780. Yeah.Copy !req
781. C.J.?Copy !req
782. C.J.:
They said modern music.Copy !req
783. I thought, you know,
that meant Jackson Browne.Copy !req
784. Jackson Browne
is modern?Copy !req
785. He used to be.Copy !req
786. Yeah.
Yeah, look...Copy !req
787. Twice a year
the White House
kitchen staffCopy !req
788. has writers come in
from the food magazines.Copy !req
789. Yeah.
They were
in last weekCopy !req
790. Charlie...
and I mentioned
to one of them...Copy !req
791. I said the
President doesn't
like green beans.Copy !req
792. Why?
Because he doesn't.Copy !req
793. How did you say it?Copy !req
794. What do you mean?Copy !req
795. What question did they ask?Copy !req
796. Is there any food he
particularly likes
or dislikes?Copy !req
797. I said the President
likes steaks, lobster,
spaghetti, ice cream.Copy !req
798. And?
He doesn't like
green beans.Copy !req
799. "Wiggle room"?
Did you leave
any wiggle room?Copy !req
800. What the hell, C.J.--
he doesn't like
green beans.Copy !req
801. We won Oregon by 10,000 votes.Copy !req
802. I don't know how many green bean
farmers they have out thereCopy !req
803. but if there are 10,001,
then we're screwed.Copy !req
804. This is a serious
thing now.
C.J...Copy !req
805. I'm sorry
I mouthed off
to the reporterCopy !req
806. No, I'm...
but you're out
of your mind.Copy !req
807. Education's a serious thing.Copy !req
808. Crime, jobs, national security.Copy !req
809. In 18 months, I've been
to Oregon four timesCopy !req
810. and not a single person
I've met there has been stupid.Copy !req
811. Everybody's stupid
in an election year, Charlie.Copy !req
812. No, everybody
gets treated stupidCopy !req
813. in an election
year, C.J.Copy !req
814. All right, look,
just... from now onCopy !req
815. there's no food the President
doesn't like, okay?Copy !req
816. Yeah.
I have to take this outside.Copy !req
817. Yeah.Copy !req
818. C.J.( over phone ):
Can you hear me?Copy !req
819. Where are you right now?Copy !req
820. I'm out in back.
I'm on the terrace.Copy !req
821. I passed Gary Saunders
on the way out. He booed me.Copy !req
822. I swear to God, I passed by,
he went, "Boo!"Copy !req
823. Who's Gary Saunders?Copy !req
824. He's the Deputy Spokesperson
at the Department of Energy.Copy !req
825. You didn't hire him?Copy !req
826. I promoted Simon Glazer.Copy !req
827. I promoted from within, Toby.Copy !req
828. Anyway, they're hypothesizingCopy !req
829. that the thing came down
at an odd angleCopy !req
830. and that its position might
be preventing the antennaeCopy !req
831. from establishing a downlink.Copy !req
832. They say it'll take a few daysCopy !req
833. to try everything
they want to try.Copy !req
834. Yeah.
Days?Copy !req
835. Oh, God.Copy !req
836. Look, if this is the worst thing
that happens...Copy !req
837. No. Tad Whitney is coming over
to me.Copy !req
838. You interviewed Tad?Copy !req
839. Oh, God, he's got me
in his tractor beams.Copy !req
840. He's walking right over.Copy !req
841. Good-bye.Copy !req
842. I'm not very good
at confrontation.Copy !req
843. You have no problem with me.Copy !req
844. This time of yearCopy !req
845. is the water in the Potomac
very, very cold?Copy !req
846. Yeah, but if you rub chicken fat
all over yourselfCopy !req
847. Don't hang up.
it'll insulate.Copy !req
848. If it seems likeCopy !req
849. I'm talking...
( hangs up )Copy !req
850. Hey, C.J.Copy !req
851. Yeah, okay.Copy !req
852. Well, we're going
to put those figuresCopy !req
853. out at the morning
briefing and... yeah.Copy !req
854. Yeah.Copy !req
855. Thank you.Copy !req
856. What was that about?Copy !req
857. I... you know, I honestly
couldn't tell you.Copy !req
858. I saw you come out.Copy !req
859. Yeah, there's
some stuff going on.Copy !req
860. I didn't get the gig, huh?Copy !req
861. I gave it to Simon Glazer.Copy !req
862. I heard.Copy !req
863. I promoted from within.Copy !req
864. Yeah.Copy !req
865. Promoting from
within is very
big in my family.Copy !req
866. Yeah, I'm surprised
'cause I'm pretty qualified.Copy !req
867. In fact, there are a lot
of people at StateCopy !req
868. who thought I was a lock.Copy !req
869. You're very qualified.Copy !req
870. Yeah, and it wasn't
because I'm a man.Copy !req
871. Well, no,
Simon Glazer's a man.Copy !req
872. I suppose.Copy !req
873. Hey.
And it wasn't because
I stopped seeing you?Copy !req
874. Tad, it honestly was
a matter of Simon...Copy !req
875. No, of course, it didn't
have anything to do with...Copy !req
876. That was... six weeks,
five years ago.Copy !req
877. Because I thought you might want
an explanation as to why I did.Copy !req
878. Why you did what?Copy !req
879. Why I stopped calling you.Copy !req
880. I don't need an explanation.Copy !req
881. Believe me,
it wasn't becauseCopy !req
882. you were bad in bed
or anything like that.Copy !req
883. No, I didn't think
it was, Tad.Copy !req
884. I mentioned it
because I knowCopy !req
885. a lot of women
who worry about that.Copy !req
886. I don't.Copy !req
887. You're good in bed.Copy !req
888. I'm great in bed.Copy !req
889. How you doing?Copy !req
890. C.J...Copy !req
891. Tad, you know, I'm sorry
you didn't get the jobCopy !req
892. but there's really
no reason to...Copy !req
893. You really are going
to stand here and tell meCopy !req
894. I really am.
this isn't personal?Copy !req
895. I think it is.Copy !req
896. I think it's personal
and I think it's unprofessionalCopy !req
897. and I think people
are going to know about thisCopy !req
898. and I think
you've got a problem now.Copy !req
899. I have a number
of problems todayCopy !req
900. and you're not close
to being any of them.Copy !req
901. Well, I was hoping
we could be adult about this.Copy !req
902. I have to go. You're
going to get a briefingCopy !req
903. in about an hour.
On what?Copy !req
904. A Russian missile silo.Copy !req
905. Listen, um...Copy !req
906. Yeah?Copy !req
907. Playing along with this
for a moment...Copy !req
908. Is there anything I should doCopy !req
909. to improve my chances
next time around?Copy !req
910. Well, when we run for reelectionCopy !req
911. I'd vote for somebody else.Copy !req
912. Can you read the last part
back to me?Copy !req
913. Josh ( over phone )
"The flight manager at JPL
will be working around the clockCopy !req
914. until all hope is exhausted."
Okay.Copy !req
915. I'll give it to Carol.Copy !req
916. Yeah.Copy !req
917. Is she there?Copy !req
918. Yeah.
Mallory?Copy !req
919. Yeah, she's here.
She snuck up on me from behind.Copy !req
920. You'd think
women would make more noiseCopy !req
921. with those big high heels,
but they don't.Copy !req
922. They've got this
stealth thing goingCopy !req
923. which I really ought
to be clever enough to...Copy !req
924. What was that?
Nothing.Copy !req
925. She's there, right?Copy !req
926. Yeah.Copy !req
927. How's she look?Copy !req
928. She looks pretty good.Copy !req
929. Can you describe
what she's wearing?Copy !req
930. Yeah, 'cause she's standing
right in front of me now.Copy !req
931. So you want to get
off the phone?Copy !req
932. Yeah.
Okay.Copy !req
933. You know what I think?Copy !req
934. What?Copy !req
935. I think you're caught
between wanting to be madCopy !req
936. and wanting good seats
for home games.Copy !req
937. I get pretty good seats
as it is, Mallory.Copy !req
938. I don't know if you've noticed
the motorcade I rode over in.Copy !req
939. I spoke to my dad.Copy !req
940. I'm sorry about Galileo.Copy !req
941. They've got a lot of tests
they can still try.Copy !req
942. How much money is it going
to cost to try them?Copy !req
943. Don't start with me.Copy !req
944. I'm asking
as a taxpayer.Copy !req
945. It cost $165 million
to lose the thing.Copy !req
946. How much more money
is it going to costCopy !req
947. to make sure you're
never going to find it?Copy !req
948. I don't know, MalloryCopy !req
949. but we certainly won't divert
any municipal tax dollarsCopy !req
950. which are always best spent
on new hockey arenas.Copy !req
951. No, it's best spent
feeding and housing
and educating people.Copy !req
952. There are a lot of hungry people
in the world, MalCopy !req
953. and none of them are hungry
'cause we went to the moon.Copy !req
954. None of them are colder
and certainly noneCopy !req
955. of them are dumber
'cause we went to the moon.Copy !req
956. And we went to the moon.Copy !req
957. Yes.
Did we really have
to go to Mars?Copy !req
958. 'Cause it's next.
Why?Copy !req
959. 'Cause we came out of the caveCopy !req
960. and we looked over the hill
and we saw fireCopy !req
961. and we crossed the oceanCopy !req
962. and we pioneered the West
and we took to the sky.Copy !req
963. The history of Man is hung
on a time line of explorationCopy !req
964. and this is what's next.Copy !req
965. I know.Copy !req
966. People like you who say that...
what?Copy !req
967. I said I know.Copy !req
968. We're supposed
to be explorers.Copy !req
969. Then what the hell...?Copy !req
970. I just like hearing
you talk about it.Copy !req
971. You know
something...Copy !req
972. You get all puffed up.Copy !req
973. You're a pain
in the ass.
Yes.Copy !req
974. Anyway... look,
about the picture...Copy !req
975. Don't worry
about it tonight.Copy !req
976. You're not pissed?Copy !req
977. I'm totally pissed,
but I'm sayingCopy !req
978. don't worry
about it tonight.Copy !req
979. Sam?Copy !req
980. Yeah.Copy !req
981. I appreciate that.
Thank you.Copy !req
982. Yeah.Copy !req
983. Hey, Mal.Copy !req
984. Hey, C.J.Copy !req
985. Let me see
what you've got.Copy !req
986. This will be
for tonight's briefingCopy !req
987. but it doesn't include
the notes from JPL.Copy !req
988. Can I talk
to Jason Stark?Copy !req
989. Yeah.Copy !req
990. Aha!Copy !req
991. What you got there?Copy !req
992. Precedent?
Precedent, baby!Copy !req
993. Precedent— the
mother's milk ofCopy !req
994. you know, making your
point and being right.Copy !req
995. Okay.
The Jewish War Veterans
lobbied to get a stampCopy !req
996. even though the criteria
prohibits people or groupsCopy !req
997. whose principal
undertakings
are religious.Copy !req
998. Right, and what happened?Copy !req
999. The JWV argued that their
principal achievementsCopy !req
1000. have been fighting wars
for their countryCopy !req
1001. just like Aquino.Copy !req
1002. Right, and what happened?Copy !req
1003. They were denied.Copy !req
1004. Yes.
Okay, that
doesn't help me.Copy !req
1005. No. Look...
Hang on!Copy !req
1006. The Luna Moth
has its own stamp.Copy !req
1007. What's a Luna Moth?Copy !req
1008. It's a moth,
and you don't seeCopy !req
1009. the National Organization
of Entomologists freaking out.Copy !req
1010. No, but I'd pay good
money to see that.Copy !req
1011. Hang on, hang on.
Donna...Copy !req
1012. Aha!
Here we go.Copy !req
1013. The following groups
have been issued stamps:Copy !req
1014. Disabled Veterans of America,
United Confederate VeteransCopy !req
1015. ( phone rings )
the American Legion
and the black soldiersCopy !req
1016. who served as
buffalo scouts
in the West.Copy !req
1017. Are you going
to get that?Copy !req
1018. I meant, in the 19th centuryCopy !req
1019. the black soldiers in the West.Copy !req
1020. I didn't think we still had
buffalo scouts. Josh Lyman.Copy !req
1021. The guy should be able
to be a on a stamp.
Okay.Copy !req
1022. What was that?Copy !req
1023. The President's back.Copy !req
1024. Any inspection team will have to
include neutral representatives.Copy !req
1025. Who do you want?
The Finns.Copy !req
1026. I'll take it to
the State DepartmentCopy !req
1027. but they're not
going to wantCopy !req
1028. to accept limits on
the inspection team.Copy !req
1029. No one enters our country
without our approval.Copy !req
1030. They'll agree
to notification,
but not approval.Copy !req
1031. And I'm going to insist on
notification and approval.Copy !req
1032. In addition,
results from the inspectionCopy !req
1033. will remain in the country.Copy !req
1034. Nadia...
Leo, soil samplesCopy !req
1035. carbon residue, photographs
and photographic negatives...Copy !req
1036. Listen...
all that must remainCopy !req
1037. under Russian control.Copy !req
1038. Your paranoia was a lot sexierCopy !req
1039. back when you guys
were Communists, Nadia.Copy !req
1040. Mr. President,
how good to see you.Copy !req
1041. From where do you get the nerveCopy !req
1042. to try and dictate terms
on this?Copy !req
1043. Are you insane?Copy !req
1044. Your missile regimentCopy !req
1045. is in a horrifying
state of disrepair.Copy !req
1046. Your best-trained operators
have left or died.Copy !req
1047. The ones you've got
aren't paid very muchCopy !req
1048. when they're paid at all.Copy !req
1049. They don't have enough
to train with.Copy !req
1050. Your ICBMs are well beyond
their warranty life.Copy !req
1051. Not seven weeks ago, you mistook
a Norwegian weather rocketCopy !req
1052. for a submarine-launched
Trident missileCopy !req
1053. 'cause the CrossTac information
never made itCopy !req
1054. to the Russian C&C System.Copy !req
1055. Leo, at the time
the SS-19 explodedCopy !req
1056. it was being drained
of its liquid hydrogenCopy !req
1057. in an attempt by deserting
soldiers to— wait for it—Copy !req
1058. Steal the warhead?Copy !req
1059. steal the warhead.Copy !req
1060. When were you going
to tell us about that?Copy !req
1061. Do you realize
how dangerous that...?Copy !req
1062. Mr. President,
you shouldn't
be concernedCopy !req
1063. with the welfare of
the Russian people.Copy !req
1064. Well, I am concerned with the
welfare of the Russian peopleCopy !req
1065. but that's not
what they pay me for.Copy !req
1066. You guys fall asleep at the
switch in Minsk, and I've gotCopy !req
1067. a whole hemisphere
hiding under the bed.Copy !req
1068. How do you not tell us
this is going on?Copy !req
1069. How do you not ask us for help?Copy !req
1070. We'll not need
help findingCopy !req
1071. the leaders of the black
market network that...Copy !req
1072. Yeah, thanks.Copy !req
1073. We're sending in
NATO inspectors.Copy !req
1074. The terms are
Leo and I were just
discussing the terms.Copy !req
1075. we're sending in NATO inspectorsCopy !req
1076. or he's taking a walk
to the press room.Copy !req
1077. Get your Foreign Minister
on the phone.Copy !req
1078. I really don't know from where
you guys get the nerve.Copy !req
1079. From a long, hard winter,
Mr. President.Copy !req
1080. This is still my office, right?Copy !req
1081. We have some press things
for discussion.Copy !req
1082. Nothing new from NASA?Copy !req
1083. They're testing
the ideaCopy !req
1084. that it may have
turned into what's
called a "safe mode."Copy !req
1085. If it sensed trouble,
it's programmedCopy !req
1086. to turn its systems off
to avoid further damageCopy !req
1087. and wait for
instructions
from Earth.Copy !req
1088. Earth's giving it instructions.Copy !req
1089. It's not responding.Copy !req
1090. Like my kids. All right.Copy !req
1091. So that leaves us
with the televised classroomCopy !req
1092. the green beans...Copy !req
1093. The stamp.
the stampCopy !req
1094. and depending on
who those people wereCopy !req
1095. that were standing near meCopy !req
1096. the possibility of a story
about me being good in bed.Copy !req
1097. Good in bed?Copy !req
1098. Yes.
Why?Copy !req
1099. Because I am.Copy !req
1100. Okay.Copy !req
1101. Green beans.Copy !req
1102. Let's do a photo-op
with the President...Copy !req
1103. eating green beans.Copy !req
1104. We can drop in a quoteCopy !req
1105. he's always looking
for new green bean recipes.Copy !req
1106. Next time we're
in CaliforniaCopy !req
1107. we'll schedule
a pop in OregonCopy !req
1108. to make sure
nothing burned down.Copy !req
1109. Yeah, okay. What
about the stamp?Copy !req
1110. Here's the thing:
The Citizen's Stamp
Advisory Committee...Copy !req
1111. The President
doesn't like green beans.Copy !req
1112. What?Copy !req
1113. I'm sorry, sir.
Nothing.Copy !req
1114. The Citizen's Stamp
Advisory Committee...Copy !req
1115. C.J.:
No, I'm sorry.Copy !req
1116. I said
you don't like green beans, sir.Copy !req
1117. C.J...Copy !req
1118. He doesn't enjoy them.Copy !req
1119. He doesn't think
they're bad for youCopy !req
1120. and he doesn't think the people
who make them are evil.Copy !req
1121. They're simply not
his cup of tea.Copy !req
1122. He doesn't care for them.Copy !req
1123. Why don't we think
the adults of OregonCopy !req
1124. will be okay with that
if put to them just that way?Copy !req
1125. And Josh, why do you think
that people, adult AmericansCopy !req
1126. why do you think
they can't understandCopy !req
1127. that we can honor
a man's contributionCopy !req
1128. without necessarily subscribing
to his politics?Copy !req
1129. They can understand
a lot of things.Copy !req
1130. People stopped trusting
government during VietnamCopy !req
1131. and it was because government
stopped trusting them.Copy !req
1132. It's a cautionary tale, Josh.Copy !req
1133. Okay, I-I was
going to sayCopy !req
1134. I think we should
put him on the stamp.Copy !req
1135. Oh.Copy !req
1136. Okay, good.Copy !req
1137. Yeah.
All right,
everybody go away.Copy !req
1138. We'll call you back
when there's a NASA update.Copy !req
1139. Thank you.
Thank you,
Mr. President.Copy !req
1140. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
1141. What...?Copy !req
1142. Nothing, I just had...Copy !req
1143. C.J.?Copy !req
1144. Did you hear the
end of the concert?Copy !req
1145. I didn't hear much of the
concert at all. How was it?Copy !req
1146. Well, first of all,
let's not kid ourselves.Copy !req
1147. The Reykjavik Symphony can play.Copy !req
1148. These guys have
some serious game.Copy !req
1149. In this particular caseCopy !req
1150. their talents were
tragically misappliedCopy !req
1151. to an atonal nightmare
of pretensionCopy !req
1152. but after intermission...Copy !req
1153. After intermission?Copy !req
1154. They played a piece
by a new composer.Copy !req
1155. At first I wasn't hearing—Copy !req
1156. I had 19 different things
on my mind—Copy !req
1157. but then I did, and C.J.,
it was magnificent.Copy !req
1158. It was genius.Copy !req
1159. He built these themes,
and at the beginningCopy !req
1160. it was just
an intellectual exerciseCopy !req
1161. which is fun enough, I guessCopy !req
1162. but then in the fourth movement,
he just let it go.Copy !req
1163. I really didn't think I could
be surprised by music anymore.Copy !req
1164. I-I thought
about all the timesCopy !req
1165. this guy must've heard
that his music was no good.Copy !req
1166. I've got to write
this guy a letter.Copy !req
1167. Mr. President,
about that televised
classroom tomorrow...Copy !req
1168. I'm going to wait up for a while
and see if we hear anything.Copy !req
1169. It's out there somewhere.Copy !req
1170. It's so close.Copy !req
1171. I think you should do
the classroom either way.Copy !req
1172. Yeah?Copy !req
1173. We have at our disposalCopy !req
1174. a captive audience
of school children.Copy !req
1175. Some of them don't go
to the blackboardCopy !req
1176. or raise their handCopy !req
1177. 'cause they think
they're going to be wrong.Copy !req
1178. I think you should
say to these kidsCopy !req
1179. "You think you get
it wrong sometimesCopy !req
1180. "you should come down hereCopy !req
1181. and see how the
big boys do it."Copy !req
1182. I think you should tell them
you haven't given up hopeCopy !req
1183. and that it may turn up,
but in the meantimeCopy !req
1184. you want NASA to put
its best people in a roomCopy !req
1185. and you want them
to start building Galileo 6.Copy !req
1186. Some of them will laugh
and most of them won't careCopy !req
1187. but for some,
they might honestly seeCopy !req
1188. that's about going
to the blackboardCopy !req
1189. and raising your hand.Copy !req
1190. And that's the broader theme.Copy !req
1191. I'll say.Copy !req
1192. I'll be in my office,
Mr. President.Copy !req
1193. C.J...Copy !req
1194. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1195. You said it right that time.Copy !req
1196. I'll be in my office.Copy !req
1197. Talk to us.Copy !req