- Josh and Leo's first choice for Vice President after Hoynes' resignation; however, new Speaker Haffley refused to confirm him [5.3].
Russell Angler
- A State Department official whom Josh met with about the 13-year-old Georgia boy that killed his teacher, then fled to Italy [3.7].
Beech*
- A State Department official who was coordinating information about the retaliatory strike against Syria [1.3].
Ken Cochran
Former Ambassador to Bulgaria
Former Ambassador to Bulgaria
- Cochran was fired by Bartlet for having an affair with the prime minister's daughter; he was offered a position on the board of directors at Ted Mitchel's company [1.21].
- His wife is a friend of Bartlet's [1.21].
- He used to be a member of the Gramercy Club, an all-white club where Charlie Young once worked [1.21].
Shaba Demsky*
Former Translator in the Hungarian Trade Mission
Former Translator in the Hungarian Trade Mission
- Demsky was murdered in 1952 before she could reveal the name of a Soviet agent called Blackwater [2.16].
Albie Duncan
Assistant Secretary of State
Assistant Secretary of State
- Has worked at the State Department, according to Bartlet and Leo, since the Truman administration [3.6]. Thinks he outranks Bartlet.
- He was on the USS Pueblo when it was captured by North Korea [3.6].
- He worked in Eisenhower’s State Department and has been a Republican for 40 years. According to most of Bartlet's senior staff, he’s brilliant and also a little bit crazy [4.6].
- He was tapped to spin defense for Bartlet in the press room after the 2002 debates [4.6].
Hutchinson*
State Department Spokesperson [1.3]
State Department Spokesperson [1.3]
Ross Kassenbach
Ambassador to the Federated States of Microneesia
Ambassador to the Federated States of Microneesia
- Formerly an FEC commissioner who was opposed to campaign finance reform; the president appointed him Ambassador so that he could change the nature of democracy [1.21].
Bryce Lilly
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs
- Toby's counterpart at State, Lilly grudgingly met with Will about Bartlet's second Inaugural address [4.14].
Earl Lydecker*
- A low-level State Department staffer in the 1950s who confessed -- for no particular reason -- to FBI counterintelligence officers that he and Daniel Gault had conspired to send U.S. economic analysis documents to Soviet agents at the Russian embassy [2.16].
- It was subsequently demonstrated that Lydecker was a clinically diagnosed manic-depressive with a history of institutionalization. He was the chief witness for the prosecution against Gault [2.16].
Minaldi
State Department Translator
State Department Translator
- Minaldi speaks Portuguese and Javanese, but not Batak [1.7].
Bob Slattery
Assistant Secretary of State
Assistant Secretary of State
Jeffrey Tomlinson [4.14]
Tad Whitney
State Department Spokesperson
State Department Spokesperson
- He and C.J. dated for six weeks, five years ago; their affair ended when he stopped calling her [2.9].
- He applied for White House deputy press secretary but C.J. chose Simon Glazer instead [2.9].
* Individuals noted with an asterisk have been mentioned, but have never appeared.