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{{R from television episode|The West Wing}} |
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| Title = Abu el Banat |
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| Series = ] |
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| Season = 5 |
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| Episode = 97 |
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| Production = 176059 |
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| Guests = ]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] |
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"'''Abu el Banat'''" is episode 97 of '']''. |
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==Plot== |
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As the entire ] gathers for the White House Christmas tree-lighting ceremony (though ]'s late, as usual). Christian aid workers are arrested in ] for proselytizing and the ]'s actions generate ] attention in the US. ], the ], first bashes the Sudanese government for falsely harassing Christians, then finds out the two of the twelve missionaries possesed multiple bibles and religious videos and seem to be prosthelytes. Leo arranges a payoff to local officials to get them safely out of the country. |
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Meanwhile, the ] has suspended the license of a doctor who assisted with the ] of a terminally ill patient in ] (where euthanasia is legal). The Administration seeks the help of the Attorney General (AG), but he supports the DEA recent action. Bartlet's son-in-law, ], has decided to run for ] in ] without consulting the ], the ] or the ]. He is a lightweight and White House cannot back him. When Doug lists the early campaign networking he's done, the President realizes that his daughter ] (Doug's wife) has done a lot of leg work. She has more political talent than Doug, but she has decided to put her husband's career, and her children above any political aspirations of her own. |
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On the DEA matter, Bartlet notices that AG Fisk is cracking down on doctors in his home state of Mississippi, and warns him he'll be fired if he keeps it up. ] ] raises the question of assisted suicide to the President which is a delicate matter because ] is one of the most common conditions that leads to euthanasia. (See ] for more on Bartlet's MS cover-up scnadal). Toby also pushes ], ] to get the ] (VP) to speak out about assisted suicide, and punishes Will with an eviction from his West Wing office when the VP declines. ], ], is pained on the matter because her father's condition, previously diagnosed as early-onset Alzheimer's, is deteriorating. The President later broaches the issue of his MS and euthanasia with the First Lady, and comes down against any medical intervention, saying "it'll get bad and that's all there is". He then asks the First Lady if she'll be there with him as it happens, a clear reference to their only recently semi-ended estrangement. She thinks for a second and then nods and says yes, she will be there. |
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The title refers to a visit the President paid to Egypt with his family. The guide constantly introduced him as "Abu El Banat" to everyone they met. He asked the guide "What does that mean" The guide told him "Father of daughters". The guide then paid for the future President's tea out of sympathy for his son-free family life. |
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