Writer:	Aaron Sorkin, Paul Redford, Nanda Chitre
Director:	Christopher Misiano
Star:	Martin Sheen (President Jed Bartlet),  Dulé Hill (Charlie Young),  Allison Janney (Claudia Jean "C.J." Cregg),  Rob Lowe (Sam Seaborn (Episodes 1-84)),  Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler),  John Spencer (Leo McGarry),  Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman),  Janel Moloney (Donna Moss (Episodes 23-, recurring previously)),  Stockard Channing (Abbey Bartlet (Episodes 45-, recurring previously))
Recurring Role:	Timothy Davis-Reed (Mark),  Kris Murphy (Katie Witt),  Peter James Smith (Ed),  Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick),  Kim Webster (Ginger),  Devika Parikh (Bonnie),  Jeff Mooring (Phil),  Rick Cramer (Officer),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  Ralph Meyering Jr. (Tom),  Thomas Kopache (Bob Slattery),  Randy Brooks (Arthur Leeds),  H. Richard Greene (Robert Royce),  Anna Deavere Smith (Nancy McNally),  William Duffy (Larry)
Guest Star:	John F. O'Donohue (Mr. Koveleski),  Scott Michael Campbell (Donald Dolan),  Cliff DeYoung (Rep. Kimball),  Elizabeth Taheri (Pam Wachtel),  Richard Saxton (Alan),  Ana Mercedes (Sally),  Mary Mara (Sherri Wexler),  Kevin Tighe (Jack Buckland),  Steven J. Levy (Jonathan)

Awards and Nominations:
Janel Moloney was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 in the category for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series her performance in this episode and in "War Crimes" (edit)

Bartlet: [sadly] Mr. and Mrs. Levy, this is Jed Bartlet. I have three children. I really don't know what to say.

(edit) Josh: He can have a member try to attach an amendment to the override vote.
Donna: What kind of amendment?
Josh: Doesn't matter. "To qualify for the estate tax repeal, the estates have to have Astroturf™."
Donna: And still it's hard to figure why Congress can't get anything done. (edit) Toby: They don't have the votes to override.
Sam: Says you.
Toby: Says me, Josh, the Office of Political Liaison, Legislative Liaison and the Minority Whip.
Bartlet: Sometimes it's like I don't even need to be here. (edit)

Josh refers to the "Indianapolis Post-Dispatch", which is not a real newspaper. The only daily paper in Indianapolis is the Indianapolis Star. (edit) Continuity error - CJ says this is the President's first veto - however on episode 4 of season 2 on Capitol Beat (where Ainsley Hayes is introduced) the presenter says that the President veto'd a Republican education bill the year before. (edit)

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