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The West Wing-SE1-EP7+ SE1-EP8

7. The State Dinner

As a night's stylish state dinner honoring the Indonesian president looms in the background, President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) keeps his eye 
on a spate of potentially explosive problems: an FBI hostage standoff with dozens of militant survivalists 
a Class-4 hurricane bearing down on a carrier group at sea and an impending national trucker's strike. 
Behind the scenes, the gracious First Lady (Stockard Channing) prepares to host the dinner, a pushy reporter (Timothy Busfield) flirts with C.J. 
(Allison Janney), Josh (Bradley Whitford) and Toby (Richard Schiff) corner an Indonesian government official (Peter Kors) to ask a favor
and a surprised Sam(Rob Lowe) spies his call girl friend Laurie (Lisa Edelstein) at the event.

8. Enemies

A crucial banking bill is at risk when political rivals of environmentally sensitive President Bartlet (Martin Sheen) attach a land-use rider to it 
that would allow strip-mining some of the Montana wilderness. 
C.J. (Allison Janney) tries to stamp out rumors that the Chief Executive chastised the Vice President (Tim Matheson) during a cabinet meeting. 
An overworked Leo (John Spencer) isn't too keen on his independent daughter Mallory (Allison Smith), dating the handsome Sam (Rob Lowe). 
C.J. continues to fend-off the romantic charms of a perceptive reporter (Timothy Busfield) with a knack for sniffing out juicy stories. 
Former lovers Mandy (Moira Kelly) and Josh (Bradley Whitford) clash over the administration's attempt to jettison the land-use rider 
that might also ruin passage of the more important banking bill.