S7E11 · Internal Displacement

The Westins visit Washington and Doug is keeping a secret from Liz that many other senior staffers already know about. C.J. tries to make a deal with the French to try to handle a problem in the Sudan. Gail is in trouble. Josh asks Will for a little help with the campaign. C.J. and Danny go out to dinner and talk like good old friends and C.J. likens men to salmon while dealing with a waitress who is not all that fond of her.

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C.J. realizes that she barely has any time left in office and decides to try to solve the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, along with the crisis between Russia and China over Kazakhstan. Adding more to her stress level, the President's son-in-law, Doug Westin, is rumored to be having an affair with his kids' nanny; a federal award of a major science project affects a U.S. Senate race in Kentucky; Danny Concannon ( Timothy Busfield ) makes his first appearance (outside of the season opener flash forward) since the fifth season to go on a date with C.J.; and Kate informs C.J. that a nuclear power plant in California is in serious trouble. Note: The episode title refers to the forced movement of people within their own country's borders.

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