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Previously on The West Wing:

I just want to grow in my job.

Why are you saying that?

I only have one career,

and I want it to matter.

You're not going to Gaza. I still don't want

to talk about it. You're not

attending peace talks with a bunch

of Israelis and Palestinians

who don't work for the Israeli or Palestinian governments.

We'll see.

You really want me to go all the way

to the Middle East with a whistle around my neck,

teach congressmen how to make lanyards?

I need you to go so we can stay out of trouble.

It's the best we can do in that region right now.

I think we should be

more engaged over there, not less.

Thank you, Fitz. I appreciate it. Thank you so much.

What's this?

Your diplomatic passport.

You're going on a CODEL

to the Middle East with Fitzwallace and Andy.

No presidential hand-holding.

You're going to see what's going on.

Brief me and tell me about it.

( helicopter approaching )

( indistinct conversations )

( chicken clucking )

ANDY: Four days, and I'm still not adjusted-- 2:00 a.m.,

staring at the ceiling.

Those briefing books should put you right out.

Good idea. I should get somebody

to hit me over the head with one.

They're a displaced population.

Displaced?!

Palestinians moved, what, 15, 20 miles?

You ever move? I grew up in Dayton.

They're still refugees.

You know, after 50 years, one option might be to get over it.

Feels even hotter today. Is that possible?

Enjoy your break?

Wasn't what you think.

Black cars? Good choice for this climate.

Everybody's this angry now,

what must it have been like before air conditioning?

FITZWALLACE: Yeah, travel, learn about new cultures,

make new friends.

What do photographers say

in the digital age,

now that the old "Come up and see my darkroom" line

has gone the way of the dodo?

They offer their high-speed...

( tires screeching )

( shouting )

( sirens blaring )

TOBY: Heard from Donna?

JOSH: Yeah, I get these daily

interminable e-mails that I have no time to read.

She doesn't seem to have mastered pith.

Le mot juste.

Donna's style is more along the lines of les mots mo'.

You hear from Andy?

Concision's not her problem.

Every day, the same three little words:

"See your children".

Before email, it was a lot harder

for your ex-wife to hock you from 6,000 miles away.

Are the kids with Andy's mom?

The very definition of an approach-avoidance situation.

Say you're from Minnesota. "I'm from Minnesota".

No, we're pretending you're from there. We're not, actually.

And you'd like prescription drugs from Canada.

What do I have? Not important.

It could be clouding my judgment.

You're no fun anymore. I'm having fun.

Minnesota just set up an official state Web site

linked to Canadian pharmacies for the importation

of cheap drugs in violation of Federal law.

We're no longer pretending.

I'm getting calls wondering why

the administration's not interested

in enforcing this ban.

Curiosity as to what other federal statutes

the White House is planning to simply ignore.

Shouldn't somebody be applauding

our bold affirmation for states' rights?

Is that what we're doing?

Not really. We need a policy.

Hoping no one would notice seems to have run its course.

I'll get into it. Thanks.

Right after I check on how the Timberwolves

and Twins fared last night.

Bit's over. Okay.

Leo, got a minute? Just.

The Vice President attended that fund raiser

in Manhattan last night. Heard he did well.

Try to keep the amazement out of your voice.

Think I was trying to pay you a compliment.

Thanks. He got questioned about this Mideast trip.

It's a CODEL-- has nothing to do with administration policy.

They wanted to know whether the White House was contemplating

active re-engagement in the peace process.

It's a tar baby. Sisyphus.

Hijacks your entire agenda

and lands everyone right back where they started,

only angrier, if that's possible.

DONNA: "Josh: Arrived, Gaza.

"Couldn't even unpack.

"By the way, still no comprehension of the money.

"Probably criminally under or over-tipping

"the entire Palestinian service sector.

"Will either be run out on a rail

"or given a parade upon leaving.

"We were immediately whisked down to a meeting

"with the Fatah leaders.

( man speaking Arabic )

"These incursions are designed as provocations.

"Tanks roll in.

"This naturally excites resistance,

which then is used as a pretext for armed assault."

But you'd agree that the Israeli army

doesn't set out to target innocents.

No, I do not agree.

As opposed to Palestinian

suicide bombers on buses and pizza parlors.

( man speaking Arabic )

"Same old story, same old song and dance," eh?

Don't expect to meet many Aerosmith fans in Gaza.

Colin Ayres. Photojournalist.

The cameras were a big hint.

FITZWALLACE: 400 Fatah members

recently resigned in protest over alleged financial abuses

and corruption among your leadership.

This is not what we must discuss.

60% of Gaza live below the poverty line.

MAN 2: Gaza is an open-air

Palestinian prison.

You'll never understand anything about Gaza

by listening to the politicians.

Or with you distracting me.

Fair enough.

Hey, I'll let you listen in peace

if you meet me in the bar when this ends.

I don't know how long... I'll wait.

( man speaking Arabic )

( music playing )

Hi. Hi.

What would you like?

Uh, juice, please.

( speaking Arabic )

Thank you.

Among the tribulations of life in Gaza:

the inability to get a proper pint.

So, what's your pleasure,

when you're not being subjugated by fundamentalists?

"Rusty Nail." Old-fashioned girl.

Alluring. My dad's drink.

Still enchanted?

Less.

So, is this your routine?

Scout the new arrivals, make for the nearest blonde?

Mm-hmm. Well, not always blonde.

What's wrong with attending conferences?

You're fact-finding.

Why is that?

I mean, there's more to understand in Gaza than facts.

Cheers.

To an old-fashioned girl.

( laughs ) What?

I'm sorry, that was just really cheesy.

Oh. I'd hate to see you blow the whole dashing,

mysterioso, foreign correspondent thing.

Thanks very much.

So show me.

What?

The real Gaza.

See, what I was hoping...

I know what you were hoping.

Oh.

So, when do we start?

Ashraf.

Colin.

( speaking Arabic )

I'd like you to meet someone.

Ashraf Mansour, this is Donna Moss.

Hi. Hello.

Ms. Moss is with the American government delegation.

She'd, uh... she's like to understand Gaza better.

I am not unemployed.

I am electrician.

Ashraf works in construction in Israel.

I am not unemployed.

I'm s-sorry, I don't under...

The Israelis closed the checkpoints

after the suicide bombings.

The woman last week.

Right. I can't work

to feed my family. ( man speaking Arabic )

He says I should become one of them.

What's it say?

"Glory and Eternity for Our Martyrs".

The Palestinian Authority pays 2,000 U.S. dollars

to the families of... martyrs,

plus $150 a month until the last child leaves home.

I wish to work, but these martyrs...

these martyrs take food out of my children's mouths.

( speaking Arabic )

DONNA: "When it's open, 19,000 Palestinians a day

"pass through the Erez Checkpoint

"to work jobs in Israel.

Fact. More later."

We're not cutting cotton subsidies.

We just went through a whole trade thing.

I'm not re-opening that exploding can of worms.

Since when is this the purview of the NSC?

Maybe since heroin traffic started spiking in Europe.

( sighs ): I'm about to come down

with Globalization Headache Number Five, aren't I?

When Afghan farmers can't afford to grow cotton,

when they can't compete in their own market

with cheap U.S. textiles produced from subsidized crops,

they plant something else.

Poppies. Fields and fields,

like someone colorized Nebraska.

Well, maybe we should subsidize poppies.

( pagers beeping )

Hang on.

Explosion in Gaza. The CODEL.

Some fatalities.

Donna?

It's just happened. That's all I know.

MSNBC's got it.

C.J.: I'm holding.

I've been holding-- Carol!

CAROL: I keep getting cut off.

Try his cell phone directly.

Not through the switchboard.

I'm calling his cell phone

in Gaza directly.

And getting cut off.

Yep.

Do we know anything?

We're trying the on-scene field producers'

cell phones, but can't get through.

Probably a little busy right now.

Well, they could answer their phone... or not.

Donna, Andy...?

We don't know anything yet. Carol!

No one's getting through.

( cell phone ringing )

Hello?

Andy?

How are you?

Are you okay?

She's all right.

She's, uh, she was in the other car

and she's all right.

You're all right.

Oh, my God, I see her!

WILL: Where? On the right...

On the cell phone... right there.

TOBY: We can see you.

You're on TV.

On the monitor.

How's Donna?

Two Congressmen confirmed dead.

Korb and DeSantos.

What about Donna? What about Donna?

She was in the car that...

Andy saw people put in ambulances.

That's all she knows.

Yeah, I'm just, uh...

I'm just glad that you're okay.

I mean... just come home, will you.

Just, uh, get the hell out of there

and come home.

Mr. President...

Three dead so far, sir.

Congressmen DeSantos and Korb...

Oh, God...

And we just got word...

Admiral Fitzwallace.

KATE: There are others injured.

They've been taken

to area hospitals.

CHARLIE: Sir, I'll get

the phone numbers of the Congressmen's families.

I asked Fitz to go.

DONNA: Getting in and out

of the Israeli settlement of Kfar Darom

requires a military escort.

500 mortar shells have landed there

in the last three years.

During our pre-dinner break,

I met an Israeli settler family.

Two days before, a mortar round had exploded in their kitchen.

WOMAN: It came through the roof.

MAN: One half hour later,

my wife would have been

giving breakfast to our children.

WOMAN: Four others have fallen around the house.

If the Palestinians get a hit,

all they do is secure the launchers

and that way they can make sure to repeat the strikes.

You must live in constant fear.

Our soldiers will find the mortar.

You replace the tile roof with concrete and pray.

In Israel, there's talk of giving up these settlements.

God wants us in this place.

It is our divine,

moral obligation to be here.

If we give in to the Arabs

they'll take more and more,

and we'll all end up in Tel Aviv.

And then, they'll take that.

All of this...

It doesn't make you want to leave?

This is the more safe

environment.

WOMAN: In Jerusalem,

when you see an Arab, you don't know.

Here if you see one,

you know he's dangerous and you shoot him.

MAN: Please excuse us.

JOSH: Moss, Donnatella Moss.

Tall, blonde.

Do you have any idea of her condition,

where she was taken?

I understand.

Is there anyone there...

Yeah, this is Josh Lyman

calling from the White House.

The White House.

Yes, where the President lives.

I'm looking for information

about one of the U.S. bombing victims.

Donnatella Moss...

TOBY: Are you kidding?

You know the term "decent interval"?

Go away.

Magley from the DNC wants to talk about who to run

for the two vacant House seats.

You're joking.

They're still picking up pieces of these guys over there,

he's talking about DeSantos's poachable district.

What's he calling you for?

He thought Josh'd be upset

about Donna being in the car.

I guess he figured

since my ex-wife was only almost blown up,

that I'd only be almost upset.

We're getting calls from AIPAC.

Every ten minutes.

Them and every other pro-Israeli lobby.

Half trying not to sound happy it happened,

the rest trying to avoid saying "I told you so."

President giving an address?

Tonight.

The Vice President

would like to see an advance copy.

To check my spelling, correct errors in syntax?

Noted grammarian that he is.

It's an important speech.

You're worried about politics.

You're as bad

as that clown at the DNC.

It's a major address about a national tragedy.

The Vice President has an understandable interest

in the content.

And, yes, there's interest

in the political ramifications.

That's what we all do for a living.

Actually, some of us are trying to govern.

A heads-up.

It's really not so much to ask.

I'm polishing right up till air.

I'm glad Andy's okay.

Wonder who they would've called

had she been one of the ones killed.

Yeah.

MAN: Mr. President.

PRESIDENT: Everyone.

What do we know?

ALEXANDER: Roadside bomb,

detonated by cell phone.

HUTCHINSON: They knew they were targeting Americans.

The black Suburbans are well-known in the region.

Up to now, that's been advantageous.

BARROW: U.S. officials

have long been off-limits

to Palestinian terror attacks.

That seems to have changed.

KATE: What's striking, sir,

is no claim of responsibility.

It's early yet. They usually can't take credit fast enough.

Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad...

they've all rushed to announce

they had nothing to do with this.

They don't want to wake up

to a cruise missile for breakfast.

What are we doing?

BARROW: State is in touch with

the Palestinian Authority. LEO: The President meant

things that aren't a waste of our time.

An FBI investigative team is en route to the scene.

SLIGER: Langley's coordinating

with Mossad and Israeli military intelligence

in gathering information.

And then compiling a list of possible targets

for retaliation.

Are there any?

We can't just go and flatten some refugee camp.

That's what we're trying to determine, sir.

Mr. President,

the Palestinian Chairman's on the phone.

I'll bet he is.

In here.

AIDE: Yes, sir.

You're on with the Chairman, sir.

Chairman Farad.

Mr. President, I wish to convey my most profound sympathies

over this terrible incident.

Murder, Mr. Chairman.

Yes... terrible.

A criminal act.

The assassination of U.S. government personnel--

an act of war, some would say.

The Palestinian Authority condemns this attack,

in the strongest terms.

All Palestinians condemn it.

Not the perpetrators, Mr. Chairman.

They will be hunted down

and made to suffer the maximum punishment.

Swift and harsh.

Do you know who they are?

Criminals.

Traitors.

Mr. President, you must believe,

no organized group would do this.

All understand to target Americans

would be catastrophic to the Palestinian cause.

In this, Mr. Chairman, they are entirely correct.

Thank you for the call.

Again, Mr. President,

my heartfelt condolences on this most barbaric act.

( phone disconnects )

Condolences.

See what he says about it in Arabic

for domestic consumption.

He knows who did it.

BARROW: I'm sure that's what the Israelis will say.

HUTCHINSON: They've lived 30 years

with this guy's track record.

KATE: The Chairman's control over Gaza

is less than absolute.

Hamas has a strong power base there.

Sir...?

I would like to observe

a moment of silence in commemoration

of those dedicated individuals who gave their lives

in the service of their country this day.

General, prepare contingency plans

for retaliatory military action against Palestinian

terror targets.

Including the Chairman's headquarters.

Leo.

You wanted to see me?

Yeah. Listen, with Nancy McNally out of the country

you're gonna have to be our go-to... I was gonna say "guy."

The problem with English.

"Guy" is wrong, "gal" is patronizing,

and "person" sounds arch.

"Go-to-guy" is fine.

Good, cause you're it.

Which is a lot to throw at you, weeks into the job.

I want you to know you have

my and the President's full support.

I appreciate your confidence.

We'll need you

to coordinate all

the intelligence agencies, especially CIA and FBI.

You may have heard, they have trouble playing nicely together.

Boys will be boys.

And don't be afraid to knock heads together.

We don't want petty turf wars slowing down the intel.

I'll keep on them.

You run into resistance, you let me know.

I hope that won't be necessary.

Another thing.

The President's not crazy

about the DCI.

It's chemical-- just rubs him

the wrong way.

Okay.

This isn't gossip, it's guidance.

If the CIA's got something, the director's not always

the most effective vessel

for communicating it.

I'll make sure to underline

anything I think is significant.

We just need you to be all over this.

State, Defense.

You're the White House point...

person.

I won't let you down,

Oh. And on that whole language score.

I was in the military.

I "manned" battle ships, was "one of the boys,"

occasionally was exhorted to "drop my..."

you know, "and grab my socks."

I've made my peace with the colloquial.

Okay.

Just between us girls.

Thanks, Leo.

C.J.: Still just the three confirmed.

Was it a suicide attack?

It was not a suicide attack.

I've already...

No claims of... Hey!

Is this working for you?

Now if you'll ask your questions

one at a time like-- oh, I don't know,

every other time we've done this for the last five years--

maybe you'll come away from this with something to write

and maybe I'll still be speaking to one or two of you

when I climb down from here.

Yes. Katie.

Is the administration considering military action

in response to today's attack?

The immediate focus is on gathering information

on who might have been responsible

and bringing them to justice.

Will the U.S. ask the Israelis

to carry out any military retaliation?

We're strongly urging

both Israel and the Palestinian Authority

to refrain from doing anything to further inflame tensions

in the region at this time. Steve.

Will the administration now actively seek the removal

of Palestinian Chairman Farad and,

on the other hand, press for Israeli

withdrawal from Gaza?

If you're asking if today's tragic events

will have an impact on U.S. policy in the region,

I think it's safe to assume that question

will generate serious and substantial discussion

in the coming days, weeks and months. Gordon.

Does the White House have a comment

on today's FDA warning on safety violations

at Canadian Internet pharmacies?

What?

JOSH: I haven't been able to get

exact information on her injuries,

but they have gotten her stabilized,

which sounds encouraging.

I'm sorry I don't have more,

but I didn't want you and Mr. Moss

to have to wait any longer to hear something.

PRESIDENT: Well, the thoughts and prayers

of a grateful nation

are with you and your family at this time.

Not at all, Mrs. Korb.

Goodbye.

( sighs )

Charlie, when your mother was killed,

you got one of these calls?

Yes, sir. Her captain.

It make you feel any better?

Not really, sir.

Nothing makes you feel better,

but it did make me feel proud.

How's Donna?

Potential bleeding issues.

Dire issues?

"Significant" is the word they used, but "dire" is good.

How's Donna? Some issues.

Life-threatening? Significant.

TOBY: Hey. Donna okay?

Some issues.

I'm not sure what they are.

You know what?

Maybe we'll do this all at once.

LEO: Josh.

Hi, Kate.

Any news on Donna?

Some issues.

Potentially significant.

With bleeding.

Anyway, there's been major blood loss.

Poor kid.

What's gonna be our response?

What do you think it should be?

Regime change.

Take out the Chairman.

He is the impediment.

"The Palestinians never miss an opportunity

to miss an opportunity."

Abba Eban's line.

The guy in Tel Aviv's no picnic either.

State's convinced nothing can happen

till these two guys are gone.

Israel's not the problem.

The settlements, the wall...

Israel didn't just blow Americans up.

I'm not saying there's equivalence.

Israelis don't talk about

driving the Palestinians into the sea.

Some do. Oh, come on.

Never heard the phrase "Greater Israel"?

Not from anyone serious.

KATE: One reason people

say nothing can happen

until these guys are gone is the feeling

they both may be stuck in old attitudes or assumptions.

There was a time when Palestinians and all Arabs

wanted to drive Jews into the sea, but some

would argue that time's past.

Listen to some Arab broadcasts.

Rabble-rousing to distract their street.

I'm not sure any credible

Arab leader truly expects

Israel's demise anymore,

not even the Chairman.

Don't bet on it.

There's a view that...

Don't keep saying, "some argue," and "there's a view."

Can we restrict it to your view?

Okay. Palestinians are no longer fighting

to destroy the Jewish state.

They're fighting for a state of their own,

a revolutionary struggle

against an occupying force,

and revolutionaries will outlast

and out-die occupiers every time.

I don't know if that's more simplistic or naive.

TOBY: It's tribal.

It can't be solved.

It's Hatfield and McCoy and there is no end.

WOMAN: A salaam aleichem.

( speaking Arabic )

DONNA: She's so young.

Yeah. Suicide bombers often leave

these videotapes behind.

What's she saying?

Um...

"It was always my wish to...

"turn my body into deadly shrapnel,

"to knock

on the door of heaven with the skulls of Zionists."

"God gave me

two children who I love so..."

She had children?

Oh, yeah.

One and three.

Her husband had no idea she was planning to do it.

Here.

Families of suicide bombers

get showered with gifts.

It's customary at the funeral to hand out sweets.

It's unimaginable.

Well, you don't have to imagine it, do you?

It's real.

We have to retaliate.

C.J.: Responding militarily

makes us a combatant.

When they attack your people,

they've pretty much made that choice for you.

KATE: Or we use this as an opportunity.

Employ the moral authority

to re-engage in aggressively

pressing both sides for peace.

We need to kill them!

We need to find them and to kill them.

We kill them. Then

we find out who sent them

and we kill them, too.

Josh...

You kill the people who did it.

You kill the people who planned it.

Then you kill everyone who was happy about it.

( phone ringing )

Yes, sir.

Thank you, Mr. President.

You can go in.

Josh.

"An opportunity"?

Where's Donna now?

Uh, she's being MedEvac'd to Ramstein,

then transferred to Landstuhl for further treatment.

An operation?

I don't know.

We've got excellent people in Germany.

Yeah.

If there's someplace you'd rather be,

everyone would understand.

I'm fine.

Thanks.

( indistinct conversations )

( music playing )

( chickens clucking )

DONNA: Sorry.

The border tour went on forever.

It's all right.

You still got time?

A few minutes.

All right.

Yossi!

( speaking Hebrew )

Donna Moss, with the Americans.

My friend Yossi.

He's a very wicked man, you know?

Heartbreaker.

My hero, actually.

I'm sure.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So, how old are you?

I'm 22.

You like the army?

It's an Israeli's most sacred duty.

Nothing I will ever do is more important.

Plus girls like the uniform.

The uniform? They like me.

( laughs )

Colin says you have strong feelings about serving here.

Is no good, Gaza.

No good, how?

7,500 Israeli settlers

surrounded by 1.3 million Palestinians

who do not wish them here, and we in the middle.

It's difficult.

Once, we were sent to dismantle

an illegal settlement.

The settlers punch and kick us.

A woman bit my arm so hard she drew blood.

My own people.

Yossi spent some time guarding the settlement

at Kfar Darom.

I've been there.

It's dangerous.

I lost comrades.

For a soldier, this is expected,

but... two are women.

Girls, 19.

Killed in their barracks.

I'm sorry.

COLIN: Tell her what happened then.

Go on, man. You can tell her.

After the deaths of the girl soldiers, some in my unit...

they'd call on loudspeaker.

In Arabic.

Taunting, calling them names, filthy names,

and young Palestinians would come out from hiding,

boys with rocks...

and... and they'd shoot them with live bullets.

You...?

I do not shoot children.

Donna, I serve with them.

They are not evil,

but when people who are not monsters do this,

it's the situation,

the circumstances are to blame.

I have to go.

Thanks for speaking with me.

Enjoy your visit.

( speaking Hebrew )

DESANTOS: They're a displaced population.

KORB: Displaced?

Palestinians moved what? 15, 20 miles?

You ever move?

I grew up in Dayton.

DESANTOS: They're still refugees.

FITZWALLACE: You know, after 50 years,

one option might be to get over it.

Feels even hotter today. Is that possible?

Enjoy your break?

Wasn't what you think.

( stewardess speaking German over P.A. )

At this time, all electronic devices must be turned off

and stowed in preparation for our landing in Frankfurt.

What's the latest?

The FBI team lands in five hours.

You've spoken to Nancy?

Dr. McNally's left Caracas.

She'll hit Tel Aviv, Cairo, Amman.

Tell her to be careful.

What's the situation on the ground?

The Chairman's not letting the grass grow.

Palestinian Authority police made a night raid

into the Jabaliya refugee camp.

There was an exchange of gunfire

and six suspects were taken into custody.

Any chance they're the right people?

The Israelis say no.

Did they want to think about it for a minute?

They say these guys are dissidents

from Fatah.

The Chairman just, uh, settling old scores.

He did take action.

We awarding A's for effort now?

Effort's what he's accused of never making.

What more do we know about the bombing?

HUTCHINSON: The planning, the execution,

the size of the bomb,

all appear too sophisticated

to be some guys just freelancing.

Hamas and Hezbollah have used roadside bombs like this against IDF tanks.

HUTCHINSON: Maybe that's what this was intended for.

Because Chevy Suburbans are often confused

with Israeli tanks.

Military options.

As you noted earlier, sir,

fixed targets are hard to come by.

Half the time the Israelis aren't sure what to hit.

So let me sum up.

We don't know who did this, or even if they meant to.

Don't know how we'd hit them if we ever did find out who it was.

Don't know who these guys were

that the Chairman arrested or why.

Is there anything,

anything at all, that we are certain of,

other than three U.S. officials were brutally murdered?

We know that, at the blast site,

groups of young Palestinians stoned Western reporters,

shouting "God is great."

Hi. I'm Josh Lyman from the White House.

I'm looking for Donnatella Moss's room.

Mr. Lyman? Yeah.

Colonel Leahy. I operated on Ms. Moss.

For what, exactly?

I'm a little behind the curve.

She came in with a multiple compound fracture of the femur

and a pneumothorax.

Sorry. I...

Collapsed lung, broken thighbone.

Collapsed lung-- that's no biggie, right?

We suctioned the air from the pleural cavity by chest tube.

Really? 'Cause that sounds a little...

No biggie.

The lung should re-expand within 48 to 72 hours.

And a broken leg?

A compound fracture is one

where the bone protrudes

through the skin.

Uh-huh.

And this was a multiple, so that meant...

Yeah. Got it. I got it.

You all right?

I get a little queasy.

Plus, the... you know, jet lag.

In any event,

the main fracture repairs went well.

We inserted a metal rod through the bone.

Okay.

You want to sit?

( breathes deeply )

( stammering ): I'm fine.

So she's gonna be okay?

At the moment, I'm more worried about you.

I'm good. I'm good.

We'll want to perform some Doppler studies,

ensure no clots have formed.

Recovery from the pneumothorax may take several weeks.

The fractures, months of physical therapy.

Great.

I mean, not great, but considering.

You can see her.

If you'd like.

Sir, Kate Harper.

Mm.

Mr. President.

I want to thank you for your efforts today.

Hell of an orientation.

No thanks necessary, sir.

I understand

you knew Admiral Fitzwallace.

Today notwithstanding,

reliable intelligence does occasionally come my way.

The Admiral was one of my mentors after Annapolis.

I had a mild tendency toward insubordination.

Which he helped you correct.

Which he enjoyed...

when not directed at him.

I have a similar taste.

I'll bear that in mind.

Sir.

Sorry?

I'll bear that in mind, sir.

Oh. No. I...

I'm just jerking your chain. Charlie?

Yes, Mr. President?

Secret Service have the car?

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Walk with me.

The Mideast reminds me of that old joke

about the optimist and the pessimist.

The pessimist says, "Everything's terrible.

It can't get any worse."

The optimist says, "Oh, yes, it can."

It can get easy to forget there's a silenced majority

on both sides who just want to live their lives.

Unfortunately, you spend all your energy

dealing with what's drowning them out:

the invective and bomb blasts.

Isn't it our ultimate moral responsibility to them?

It's quicksand. An ego trip.

Sir?

Chasing that Nobel Peace Prize

right down the same sinkhole.

After 50 years of strife and futility,

there's no dishonor in failure.

The only dishonor might be not to try.

Come take a ride.

( monitor beeping quietly )

( doorbell rings )

Gail.

Mr. President.

Please come in.

I wish I could express the depth of my sorrow

for your loss.

I'm so sorry, Mrs. Fitzwallace.

A sailor's wife

doesn't live with fear the way a soldier's does.

An Admiral's wife that much less.

You don't spend a career preparing for this.

It seemed like a blessing, until today.

The people responsible will be found and brought to justice.

Don't promise that.

I know the world.

LEO: What else?

C.J.: The funerals.

I know.

The FBI's gonna need some time with the remains.

Yeah.

You should go home.

Me?!

( phone rings )

Yeah.

Okay.

Thanks.

Israeli gunships just fired missiles

into an apartment house in Gaza City.

They were targeting a Hamas leader.

12 killed, including four children.

No word on whether the Hamas leader is among the dead.