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Fine. You want me to talk to her and explain why the Secretary of State's daughter can't be doing things like this?
And we need to release a statement.
Explaining your mystery daughter.
Not a mystery daughter.
By 'mystery' do you mean born out of wedlock or sired by aliens?
Well, we'd like to remove all doubt about either of those speculations.
Knock yourself out. Can we talk about matters of national security now please?
I'd like to think about hiring private security contractors.
I mean. come on.
You mean, like Vesuvian?
I mean exactly like Vesuvian.
That might be a problem.
I'm aware.
We are talking about the people you referred to a year ago in a national publication as 'the latest guise of Satan, bloodless mercenaries who serve and protect and kill out of naked ambition rather than honor or duty while cashing a check three times the size of anyone in military service.'
I really thought I'd cut the satan line.
Is that mom talking?
No, actually, it's the State Department. And as the head of that, I guess, yeah
Can I ask you how you plan to handle the financial end?
We have a discretionary fund. This'll classify as a home improvement.
Happy to pave over the money trail accordingly.
No. I'm not afraid if this becomes public.
So the illusion of transparency?
No, Mr. Bishop, actual transparency. I'm happy to defend actions that protect our people. And making the ambassador's home safer qualifies as an improvement, don't you think? Maybe I'll throw in a fountain.
If anyone is well-acquainted with code of ethics, Madam Secretary, it is 'the new guise of Satan'.
I didn't actually call you Satan.
No, no. Just my life's work.
I was in academia then. I have a different job now.
Right. You're a diplomat.
I'm responsible for the safety of our employees overseas.
I understand. Desperate times, desperate measures and all of that.
We'll let Shakespeare have the last word on that, shall we?
How does it feel? To make a deal with the devil?
Thank you, Mr. Bishop.
Do not come near me, with that. Don't. I love you.
I know. Can you really not give work a break?
I am. I'm-I'm shopping. It's weird. Nobody's doing a wedge heel this fall.
Right? Seriously, I called my congressman.
What are you doing here, Norma Rae?
Go ahead. Get it out of your system.
I just needed the one. I'm good.
How'd you get here so fast I just talked to you.
I know. I hung up and I suddenly realized what I needed to do. I quit.
You quit what?
College. Is there anymore of that?
No, no, no, no.
I can't believe you don't even have a room for me.
You have a room. It just happens to be filled with boxes at the moment.
It's an easy spin. There's a difference between philosophical thought, academia and practical application... work in action
Well, if it's so... easy, why don't you give me the headline to that? Uh, "Secretary of State Discovers that Doing is More Challenging than Talking About Doing"?
And we still have to explain the mystery daughter.
Not a mystery daughter.
Blake... everyone appreciates your allegiance to your boss.
Well, she is not my boss, she's our boss.
Consider giving your mom a break.
God, dad. You would defend her if she was standing over a bloody corpse, with a knife.
I would not. It would totally depend on who the corpse was.
You guys really don't know me at all, do you ?
Other than sucking snot out of your nose with a tube when you were two days old, I'm barely acquainted with you.
What do you expect your mom to do, quit?
No! That's the reason I came home. She can't quit. So... I have to.
How many guys on the ground?
Fifty. One in the air.
You think that was enough?
It was about fifty more than anyone else thought we should have.
Is it safe to say, this is another Benghazi?
Oh, it's safe to say, it's a lot worse than that, politically speaking.
'Cause it looks like we didn't learn anything from the first one.
Guess this isn't a good time to give you something else to think about.
You're about to plead Stevie's case, aren't you?
It's not a case. It's a situation.
Why didn't she come to me about it?
She's scared of you.
Because of my long history of chastising and humiliating her?
She doesn't want to let you down.
She said that?
Of course not.
about Stevie I just wish she wouldn't split us like this. And you're not helping, acting like her lawyer.
No, you're not helping. That's what she's telling you.
Excuse me, that's what she's telling you and you're telling me. Since when do we have a system like that?
I was there. She was upset. I listened to my daughter. Guilty.
Really? You're gonna go there?
Oh, I'm already regretting it.
Henry, look at me. I can't quit this job.
I know.
Can I?
laughs No, you can't.
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