President Bartlet is furious when the young Navy captain who was his substitute physician dies when his plane is shot down. Though the staffers had worried that the President would not react well to his first military operation, they are taken aback by his vehemence, and it's up to Leo to calm him down. To Sam's dismay, CJ finds out about Laurie and gives him a tongue-lashing. Meanwhile, Josh interviews a nervous young man, Charlie Young, for the job of personal aide to the President.

Starring:

ROB LOWE as Sam Seaborn
DULÉ HILL as Charlie Young
ALLISON JANNEY as C.J. Cregg
MOIRA KELLY as Mandy Hampton
RICHARD SCHIFF as Toby Ziegler
JOHN SPENCER as Leo McGarry
BRADLEY WHITFORD as Josh Lyman
and MARTIN SHEEN as President Josiah Bartlet

Donna:  Is it possible that there's a situation involving Sam, a woman, and CJ being denied information about something?

Josh:  Okay, here's what I'm gonna do--

Donna:  Hide in your office?

Josh:  No.  I'm not going to hide in my office.  I'm going to go into my office and devise a strategy.  That is what I do.  I'm a professional.  I'm not a little boy.

Donna:  That's the spirit.

Josh:  But if she calls, I'm at the dentist, I'll be back in an hour.

Leo:  This one you'll like.  Bertram Coles--

Bartlet:  Oh, I like anything that starts with Bertram Coles.  Let's have it.

Leo:  Coles goes on the radio yesterday and he says people in his district love America, and you better not come down there, 'cause you might not get out alive.

Bartlet:  Bert's calling me out?

Leo:  Well, apparently the people in Bert's district are so patriotic that if the President of the United States himself were to show up, they'd kill him.