A press secretary returns from leave to defend a nursery and a crime scene in the same breath. An island gets bombed for the sixth straight night while a rental-car economy idles at the pump. An attorney general nominee finds time for justice only after his job's on the line. A vice president's kid gets a $24,000 helicopter ride to golf practice. A president shrinks the map by three million acres and calls it a gift. A senator drafts a strongly worded letter to a wildfire. Tape rolls.
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