Donna is seriously injured in a terrorist car bombing while on a congressional fact-finding mission in Gaza. Three Americans are killed. And as the president and staffers struggle to deal with the tragedy emotionally, they must also craft a response. In flashbacks, Donna learns firsthand why the conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is, as Toby puts it, "a 50-year sinkhole of hopelessness and despair." She also meets a dashing British photojournalist.