What's going on?
I can't tell you.
Okay. Let me take the Socratic approach. Why did you take this job?
Because who wouldn't take this job?
Hey, wise guy, I'll be Socrates.
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You know, there's a reason why they killed Socrates.
AAnton
So you're cashing in your chips?
No. I am appealing to your humanity. And if that doesn't work, I'm reminding you that the Secretary of State can have any foreign diplomat removed off of U.S. soil for any reason.
AAnton
I am feeling very... humane.
It’s alright to address his wives by their first names, but be advised they probably won’t have much to say. Most of them don’t speak English. Unless you speak Swazi?
French, German, Arabic, Farsi, a year of Spanish in high school.
So you’ll just smile a lot.
I got the president to sign off.
How could you do that without my knowledge?
I don't know. By blatantly circumnavigating your authority?
You'd better learn how to work with me instead of around me.
My first choice, as well. I used your stylist, didn't I?
I think you'll find I make a much better ally than opponet.
Same here.
I'm going to chalk this one up to rookie enthusiasm. But going forward? I won't be so forgiving.
KNKing Nungunde
And what about your family, Madam Secretary? Do you have children?
I do. I have a son and two daughters.
KNKing Nungunde
Ah. A nice small family.
Well, I just have the one husband.
KNKing Nungunde
laughs Yes. I am honored to have 23 children.
Wow! That sounds like a lot of work.
KNKing Nungunde
Well, I am blessed with wonderful partners.
I'm sure that you can enlist the help of your wives. Majaha. Sibhale. Lindelwa. Nomcebo. Nolwazi. Siviwe. Temily. Dzelwe. Andiswa. And Bongeka. A woman's perspective is such an important thing. And you have no shortage of that.
That exchange with the king is already trending Madam Secretary. Twitter is blowing up. People love it.
Well, not everyone's going to love it. Matt, prepare a statement for tomorrow. We may have to call a press conference.
I'm already on it.
Do you want this to become an issue?
Yes! I think we've spent enough time on my look.
World health, education, war on women... How do you want to frame it?
All of the above.
It's a strong message. It'll play well in the polls. Not that I, you know, care about polls.
Nice work, Madam Secretary.
Thank you.
Let me put it this way. On a scale of 1 to 10, how far are we from another Benghazi?
Baptism by fire.
You were bored at the horse farm.
Was not.
The ambassador's office is still saying he doesn't want reinforcements.
I know Paul. He was a visiting scholar when I was at UVA. He wore cowboy boots with a suit and drove a Harley. He's not a man whose sense of environment you can trust.
Not without going through Everar Burke. The chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Fighting off Jihad is a cakewalk compared to getting anything past him.
What kind of guy is he?
Slow, methodical... cheap.
It'll take us a month to get a meeting.
I mean, what does he like? Fruit baskets? Steak? Is flirting gonna get me anywhere? Everybody has a weakness.
Nice shot. Congressman Burke? Elizabeth McCord. We haven't officially been introduced.
EBEverard Burke
Madam Secretary.
I was told I might find you out here.
EBEverard Burke
You play?
Uh, I was raised in Virginia by a man who wanted sons. What do you think?
Got a call from Everard Burke's office. He was a little taken aback by your encounter on the golf course.
Oh, what can I say? I'm a beast off the tee. My short game would've made him relax.
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