Inauguration (Part I)

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In the week before Bartlet's (Martin Sheen) second inauguration, an escalating genocide in a remote African country called Kuhndu prompts him to consider a new doctrine for the use of force. Not surprisingly, this idea doesn't meet with universal approval, even in the West Wing, but Bartlet decides to implement it anyway; a foreign policy based on humanitarian, rather than economic, ideals.

Meanwhile, Danny's (Timothy Busfield) digging on the Sharif matter is getting on C.J.'s (Allison Janney) nerves, and getting closer to the truth. Charlie (Dule Hill) has great difficulty finding a Bible for Bartlet to use at the inauguration.

Lt. Commander Jack Reese (Christian Slater), whom Donna (Janel Moloney) has been seeing, is asked to prepare a report for the President about Kuhndu outside of the chain of command. The Secretary of Defense, insulted that the president did not ask him to prepare the report, has Resse transferred to Italy.

Contents 1 Cast 1.1 Starring 1.2 Special Guest Star 1.3 Guest Starring 1.4 Co-Starring 2 Notes 3 Quotes 4 Goofs

[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

• Timothy Busfield as Danny Concannon

[edit] Guest Starring

• Granville Van Dusen as Bryce Lilly
• Danica McKellar as Elsie Snuffin
• Steve Ryan as Miles Hutchinson
• Victor McCay as Peter
• Thomas Kopache as Bob Slatterly
• Gibby Brand as Adam Kent
• Faran Tahir as Manny
• John Cothran, Jr. as Civilian Advisor

[edit] Co-Starring

• Melissa Fitzgerald as Carol Fitzpatrick
• Peter James Smith as Ed
• William Duffy as Larry
• Devika Parikh as Bonnie
• Kris Murphy as Katie Witt
• Timothy Davis-Reed as Mark O'Donnell
• Abdoulaye N'Gom as Archbishop Zake Kintaka
• Paul Kent as Cardinal Patrick
• Mark Chaet as Imam
• Ralph Meyering Jr. as Director #2
• Dan Gerrity as Director #3
• Nicole Lyn as Stacy
• Joel Anderson as Clark
• Geoffrey Ewing as Senator Beckwith
• Daniel Ziskie as O'Donell
• Timothy Rice as Chief Justice

[edit] Notes

• Despite being mentioned in the Pilot episode, this is the first appearance of Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson.

[edit] Quotes

"Why is a Kuhndunese life worth less to me than an American life?"- Pres. Bartlet

"I don't know, Sir, but it is."- Will Bailey

[edit] Goofs

Will Bailey says to the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs that Article I of the Constitution only gives "some Presidents" power over foreign policy. Article I deals with the Congress. It is Article II that gives the President such powers.