THE WOMEN OF QUMAR

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From TVGuide.com:

It's C.J. vs. the rest of the senior staff---and the President---over whether to make public the possibility of an outbreak of mad-cow disease. C.J. is also up in arms about arms sales to a Persian Gulf state known for its poor treatment of women. Meanwhile, Josh tangles with a women's-group lobbyist over wording in a treaty concerning prostitution; Toby meets with veterans upset about the content of a Smithsonian Pearl Harbor exhibition; and Sam's concerned about a lawsuit against the President involving automobile seatbelts.

From NBC:

At the First Lady's (Stockard Channing) urging, Josh (Bradley Whitford) meets with a powerful women's caucus over the proposed language of a U.N. treaty banning prostitution while the President (Martin Sheen) grapples with the possibility of a Mad Cow epidemic and ponders how much the public should know. Meanwhile, staffers are stunned at C.J.'s (Allison Janney) emotional outburst concerning the administration's renewal of its air base lease in a Mideast country that abuses its women. Some World War II veterans come to the White House to protest a pending Pearl Harbor exhibit at the Smithsonian and Bartlet is sued by an angry woman who intends to raise a public fuss over his remarks regarding the hot-potato issue of a national seat belt law.

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Media Quotes

However, an upcoming West Wing story about an American mad cow outbreak -- which unintentionally parallels the nation's recent anthrax scares -- will not be excised, the drama's Emmy-winning director, Thomas Schlamme, said.

"Backstage Scoop at the Emmys!"
by Michael Ausiello
November 5, 2001
TV Guide Online

"Yes, episodes have tended to end more somberly this year than perhaps everyone had come to expect. But I think we've done some of our best work," he [Aaron Sorkin] added, citing the two-part season premiere, "Manchester, Parts I and II," and "The Women of Qumar," in which C.J. adamantly opposes selling arms to a Persian Gulf country where women have no rights.

""West Wing" returns to nothin' but blue skies"
By Gail Pennington
January 29, 2002
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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