We Killed Yamamoto

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“We Killed Yamamoto”
The West Wing episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 64
Written by	Aaron Sorkin
Directed by	Thomas Schlamme
Guest stars	Mary-Louise Parker Mark Harmon John Amos Kurt Fuller Juan Garcia Christopher Curry Glenn Morshower Thomas Kopache William Thomas Jr. Annika Peterson Nicki Micheaux Bob Morrisey
Production no.	227221
Original airdate	May 15, 2002
Season 3 episodes
Isaac and Ishmael Documentary Special Manchester Part I Manchester Part II Ways and Means On the Day Before War Crimes Gone Quiet The Indians in the Lobby The Women of Qumar Bartlet for America H. Con-172 100,000 Airplanes The Two Bartlets Night Five Hartsfield's Landing Dead Irish Writers The U.S. Poet Laureate Stirred Enemies Foreign and Domestic The Black Vera Wang We Killed Yamamoto Posse Comitatus
List of The West Wing episodes

"We Killed Yamamoto" is episode 64 of The West Wing. The title refers to Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, who was killed on Bougainville Island by the United States Army in 1943.

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Bartlet agonizes over whether or not to forfeit the principle of diplomatic immunity for Abdul ibn Shareef, Qumar's Defence Secretary, who is known to be plotting terrorism. He must decide on whether to cancel an impending trip to the White House of the Defense Secretary, or whether to keep him close, even though he is furious that he cannot be brought to justice. However, Admiral Fitzwallace proposes another "option" to deal with the official. Josh debates with his lover, feminist activist Amy Gardner, over a key welfare reform bill. This ends up with her mobilising her forces within 24 hours to oppose a bill that would provide incentives for marriage. This action would compromise another bill the President wants to pass. Meanwhile, Bartlet is advised not to attend a fundraiser for a politically sensitive cause. He decides to go anyway, despite the fact that he will be likely to meet Ritchie, the Republican candidate.

Sam must reject ecologically friendly legislation for the Everglades. C.J. gains new respect for her Secret Service bodyguard, Simon Donovan. And Donna travels to North Dakota to represent the Bartlet administration at a meeting to change the state's name.