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Swiss Diplomacy

Episode Number: 74    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Wednesday November 20, 2002    Prod Code: 175307
The 15-year old son of an Iranian leader needs a heart transplant in the U.S. Problem is, the only man who could do it is an enemy of the Iranian government; The Senate minority leader threatens to thwart the President's legislative agenda when he believes that Hoynes is doing some political maneuvering for the next Presidential election; Toby offers a Congresswoman a Cabinet position but is forced to take back the offer.

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Writer: Eli Attie, Kevin Falls
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: Lily Tomlin (Debbie Fiderer),  Joshua Malina (Will Bailey),  Tim Matheson (John Hoynes),  Danica McKellar (Elsie Snuffin),  Renee Estevez (Nancy),  Kim Webster (Ginger),  Devika Parikh (Bonnie),  Nicole Robinson (Margaret),  Melissa Fitzgerald (Carol Fitzpatrick),  Timothy Davis-Reed (Mark)
Guest Star: Geoff Pierson (Sen. Tripplehorn),  Lucinda Jenney (Karen Kroft),  Bernard White (Ehsan Mohebi),  Jennifer Parsons (Aide),  Joel Anderson (Clark),  Dennis Neal (Springer),  Emiko Parise (Bobbie),  Leigh Curran (NASA Aide),  Michael Raysses (Ted Willard),  Wolf Muser (Chris Von Rutte),  Paul Vincent O'Connor (Laney),  Faran Tahir (Manny),  Anita Dashiell (Jo)

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Leo: Please don't forget all politics are local.
Bartlet: Ah. Bite me! (edit)
Donna: You're the reason there are term limits.
Josh: Yeah? You're the reason-- (pauses) Nothing. Nothing's happening. Nothing's there. (edit)
Toby: The president says all you need is one, the rest is for ego.
Karen Kroft: Aha, and how many did the president win by?
Toby: About three and a half million.
Karen Kroft: Yeah.
Toby: He's got a pretty healthy ego, though. (edit)
Leo: I'll talk to him.
Ambassador Von Rutte: The president?
Bartlet (on TV): Don't get me wrong Mark, I think January's a good month but...
Leo: Yer, the president, generalissimo, whatever he comes back as. (edit)
C.J.: I think Andy's about to get sued for election fraud.
Toby: Andy was trying to get sued for election fraud.
C.J.: Really?
Toby: Yeah. She's a pistol. (edit)

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This is the only episode in the first 4 seasons that wasn't either written or co-written by Aaron Sorkin. (edit)

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Yes, there were non-Aaron Sorkin episodes in the first four seasons.
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