Guns Not Butter
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| Guns Not Butter | |
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| Season: | 4 |
| Episode: | 12 |
| Written By: | Eli Attie & Kevin Falls and Aaron Sorkin |
| Directed By: | Bill D'Elia |
| Airdate: | January 8, 2003 |
| Guest Stars: | Timothy Busfield Elisabeth Moss Trent Ford |
On the administration's agenda: a foreign-aid bill. However, Senate Republicans---and some Democrats---have other ideas. And it's up to Josh (Bradley Whitford) to get the vote to come out right. So he sends Donna (Janel Moloney) in search of one freshman senator who doesn't seem to want to be found. Then there's the fence-sitter who'll vote the administration's way if it will agree to fund a medical study on the efficacy of prayer.
Danny Concannon (Timothy Busfield) is getting closer to the truth in the Sharif affair; and Charlie (Dule Hill) wants to help a female soldier whose family needs food stamps. When Zoey's (Elisabeth Moss) new French boyfriend (Trent Ford) makes fun of Charlie being powerless to help, Charlie gets further involved than he planned to, receiving reports from some pretty important people.
Meanwhile, C.J. (Allison Janney) has set up a photo op for the President to promote Heifer International which helps poor families around the world by giving them farm animals. She had thought they would send a cow but they sent a goat. In order to haze newcomer Will (Joshua Malina), she deposits the goat in his office.
Later, the goat gets his photo op with the President, who insists that Leo (John Spencer) and Josh are next to him when the picture is taken.
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[edit] Cast
[edit] Starring
- Dulé Hill as Charlie Young
- Allison Janney as C.J. Cregg
- Joshua Malina as Will Bailey
- Janel Moloney as Donna Moss
- Richard Schiff as Toby Ziegler
- John Spencer as Leo McGarry
- Bradley Whitford as Josh Lyman
- and Martin Sheen as President Jed Bartlet
[edit] Special Guest Star
[edit] Guest Starring
- Elisabeth Moss as Zoey Bartlet
- Trent Ford as Jean Paul
- Danica McKellar as Elsie Snuffin
- Megan Ward as Senator's Staffer
- Kiersten Van Horne as Jane Cleery
- Pat Skipper as Senator James Hoebuck
- Natsuko Ohama as Dr. Gwendolyn Chen
[edit] Co-Starring
- Christina Grandy as Ellen
- Derek Coleman as Agent
- Ron Ostrow as John
- Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
- John H. Wan as Intern
- Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
- Charles Noland as Steve
- Peter James Smith as Ed
- William Duffy as Larry
- Nicole Lyn as Stacy
- Kim Webster as Ginger
- Jesse Burch as Jay
- Mau Barclay as Kelly
- Rachel Pearson as Tammy
- Bernadette Burgos as Hispanic Woman
- Ramon Luis Estevez as Businessman
- John Del Regno as Chef Giuseppe
- Richard Gross as Sous Chef Beano
- Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
- Paul McCarthy-Boyington as Goat Handler
- Gabriel Jarret as Jason
[edit] Quotes
"We live in an interdependent world and we should act like it. We live in a global community and we should sustain it. We should cross borders. We should cross borders to build sustainable Democracies that can banish privation and fear. And we should cross borders to bring food and medicine and roads and schools and teachers to parts of the world forgotten by all but the warlords. We're going to pass this Foreign Ops bill. This should be a century of hope and prosperity everywhere. And America's going to lead the world and not just bully it."- Pres. Bartlet
