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When the flash of a secret nuclear detonation is detected over the Indian Ocean, the President scrambles his inner circle to investigate which nation now has weapons of mass destruction -- and since conventional thinking favors Iran, Bartlet orders bombers into the air to destroy that nation's most likely uranium-enriched targets. Elsewhere, Josh tongue-lashes NASA eggheads on the future of space exploration until he is introduced to the wonders of heavenly bodies by an attractive female administrator. In addition, C.J. fumes when a combative TV talk-show host denigrates her on the air.
Summary
Cast
Starring
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
- and Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet
Special Guest Stars
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Israeli Prime Minister Eli Zahavy
- Gary Cole as Bob Russell
- Jay Mohr as Taylor Reid
Guest Starring
- Anna Deavere Smith as Dr. Nancy McNally
- Terry O'Quinn as General Nicholas Alexander
- Steve Ryan as Miles Hutchinson
- Christina Chang as Alex Moreau
- Renée Estevez as Nancy
- Thomas Kopache as Bob Slatterly
- Ryan Cutrona as George Sliger
- Christopher Maher as Iranian Ambassador
Co-Starring
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- Randolph Brooks as Arthur Leeds
- Charles Noland as Steve]]
- David Bickford as NASA Official Karl
- Ginger Justin as Swiss Diplomat
Trivia
Goofs
Quotes
Leo McGarry: My generation never got the future it was promised. Thirty-five years later, cars, air travel's exactly the same. We don't even have the Concorde anymore. Technology stopped.
Josh Lyman: The personal computer?
Leo McGarry: Where's my jet pack, my colonies on the Moon?
References
"The West Wing" The Warfare of Genghis Khan (2004)
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