Swiss Diplomacy

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“Swiss Diplomacy”
The West Wing episode

Episode no.	Season 4 Episode 74
Written by	Kevin Falls & Eli Attie
Directed by	Christopher Misiano
Guest stars	Lily Tomlin Joshua Malina Tim Matheson Geoff Pierson Lucinda Jenney Danica McKellar Renee Estevez Bernard White NiCole Robinson Wolf Muser Paul Vincent O'Connor Faran Tahir
Production no.	175307
Original airdate	November 20, 2002
Season 4 episodes
20 Hours in America, Part I 20 Hours in America, Part II College Kids The Red Mass Debate Camp Game On Election Night Process Stories Swiss Diplomacy Arctic Radar Holy Night Guns Not Butter The Long Goodbye Inauguration, Part I Inauguration Over There The California 47th Red Haven's on Fire Privateers Angel Maintenance Evidence of Things Not Seen Life on Mars Commencement Twenty Five
List of The West Wing episodes

"Swiss Diplomacy" is episode 74 of The West Wing. It is the first episode not written by Aaron Sorkin.

[edit] Plot

As the Bartlet Administration begins its 2nd term in office, various foreign and domestic issues pop up for the senior staff to deal with. On the former front, a Swiss friend of Leo's tells him that the grandson of an Iranian Ayatollah needs a heart-lung transplant that can only be done in the U.S.--and it turns out, can only be performed by an Iranian-American surgeon whose father was murdered by the Ayatollah's forces and whose family still lives in Iran. On the latter front, a very liberal Senator named Tripplehorn threatens to withhold support from Josh's legislative plans after learning that heavyweight party precinct captains have been promised to John Hoynes in 2006. Josh thinks Hoynes is manipulating the situation, but reads it wrong and manages to badly insult the VP. Meanwhile, Leo accepts the resignations of the entire Cabinet, and Toby tries without success to find a Presidential-appointment position for a Democrat who ran for Congress in Michigan and lost because she called for an enormous gasoline tax.