Simultaneous international security crisis vs. domestic political management: Leo McGarry and the Situation Room must marshal institutional procedures to respond to a coup and threats to Americans abroad while the West Wing is consumed by a domestic me...

Simultaneous international security crisis vs. domestic political management: Leo McGarry and the Situation Room must marshal institutional procedures to respond to a coup and threats to Americans abroad while the West Wing is consumed by a domestic media/party story — two concurrent demands testing capacity, priorities and procedural competence.