Weapons and not butter

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Weapons and non-butter is the tenth chapter of the fourth season of the dramatic series "The West Wing."

Argument
Josh is desperate: he seeks the necessary votes to carry out an important International Cooperation Act. It wants to increase funding for third world countries to increase education and health, promoting peace. To do this, he sends Donna to find a Democratic congressman who is in unknown whereabouts. This one meets twice with his assistant, Jane Cleery, who is hiding her from government pressure. Your voters want the money for their schools, not other countries.

In the meantime, Will continues to support the rookies of the White House staff, the last in charge of C.J. who leaves a sheep in his office. This one, after giving an anonymous to Danny ConCannon again heard of this the next step in the investigation into the death of the Qumar Defense Minister. He will also try to get President Bartlet to take a picture of a cow destined for the third world. But it turns out to be a sheep.

Toby gets the offer from a Republican to vote if to the law in exchange for a study on prayers that will cost 150 thousand dollars. Josh will take it into consideration, even though the others consider it a blackmail. For his part, Charlie is looking for a way to increase aid to retired military personnel. Trying to impress Zoey gets in touch with a Pentagon commander to find a way to raise food aid to retired members of the army. But it gets out of hand, bordering the influence traffic. Finally he will not go to the elderly, revealing to him the President that he does not like his daughter's new boyfriend.

Curiosities
There is an error in the episode: when C.J. remembered when the evangelics prayed for it, the moment was confused: it was after the first election, and not shortly after the re-election, four years later.
Aaron Sorkin decided to write about Foreign Aid (or Aid for International Cooperation) after knowing how Cyprus devotes more percentage of its GDP to the Third World than the United States itself.
The title of the episode refers to the position of some American governments, who prefer to sell weapons to the third world rather than help them out of misery.

Awards

Links

Link to the Imdb
Episode Guide (in English)

References

Episodes of the West Wing