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The President delivers his 3rd State of the Union address, what critics call "the speech of his political career" and ends up angering Abbey by what he does and doesn't say; Josh must work the polling center with Joey Lucas, but a power outage delays the results; Sam attempts to introduce Ainsley to the President with disastrous results; CJ must juggle a live recording of the show "Capitol Beat" being broadcast within the White House and run damage control when a cop has a (possibly undeserved) black mark on his record; Leo and Bartlet must handle the matter of five DEA officials who are taken hostage by Columbian terrorists.
The President delivers his 3rd State of the Union address, what critics call "the speech of his political career" and ends up angering Abbey by what he does and doesn't say; Josh must work the polling center with Joey Lucas, but a power outage delays the results; Sam attempts to introduce Ainsley to the President with disastrous results; CJ must juggle a live recording of the show "Capitol Beat" being broadcast within the White House and run damage control when a cop has a (possibly undeserved) black mark on his record; Leo and Bartlet must handle the matter of five DEA officials who are taken hostage by Columbian terrorists.
Guest stars

Stockard Channing
Abigail 'Abbey' Bartlet

NiCole Robinson
Margaret Hooper

Marlee Matlin
Joey Lucas

Emily Procter
Ainsley Hayes

Tony Plana
Mickey Troop

Ted McGinley
Mark Gottfried

Gregory Alan Williams
Robbie Mosley

Corbin Bernsen
Henry Shallick

Richard Riehle
Officer Jack Sloan

Kathryn Joosten
Dolores Landingham

Glenn Morshower
Mike Chysler

Melissa Fitzgerald
Carol Fitzpatrick
Crew

Christopher Misiano
Director

Lawrence O'Donnell
Producer

Aaron Sorkin
Teleplay

Dee Dee Myers
Story