The president finally debates Robert Ritchie (James Brolin). Bartlet's foreign-policy "spinner": cantankerous State Department veteran Albie Duncan (Hal Holbrook). Meanwhile, Leo and Jordan Kendall (Joanna Gleason) meet with a UN diplomat about the escalating Qumari crisis; Sam tries to persuade the staffers for a just-deceased Southern California Congressional candidate to end their campaign; and Toby once again tries to persuade his ex-wife, Rep. Andrea Wyatt (Kathleen York), to marry him.