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�You threw a file at Congressman Miller and he ended up with a black eye and a split lip. You�re lucky he didn�t charge you with assault,� Donna shot back.
She didn�t add that ever since the �incident� Congressman Miller had acquiesced to any and all of the White House�s requests, formal or informal, simply because he was terrified of being forced to meet with Josh Lyman who had gotten so angry at being informed that his pet project was being killed by Miller�s vote that he had thrown a three-inch thick file at the Freshman that had resulted in him looking like he had gone a couple of rounds with a prize fighter. Once Donna had realized the patter emerging she had gone to Leo and they had agreed that telling Josh wouldn�t be wise because he would probably get it in his head to attack everyone in Congress when he couldn�t get his way.
�You�re going to be late,� Donna said after consulting her watch, which was set to the world clocks in the Communications Bullpen, which were set by the Navy. She�d set Josh�s watch from the clocks as well, but somehow he always ended up losing fifteen minutes.
�I�m going,� Josh said as he started walking off.
�Back by four!� Donna called out, half because she knew he needed reminding and half because it was fun seeing how far she could go before his head exploded.
A violent and pained growl was the only response Donna received.
CJ stopped at Toby�s door after noticing that Sam�s was shut, which usually meant that he was in deep concentration mode. �He�s going to have to make a statement,� the Press Secretary said without preamble.
�Agreed,� Toby replied. He had his pink juggling ball in his hand and his computer had long since gone to screensaver. CJ knew that he was about an hour away from pulling out the bottle of scotch he kept in his desk. If she didn�t think he�d try to kill her she probably would have pointed out that the scotch-drinking writer was quite the clich�, something that Toby was ardently against. �I�ll scratch something out tonight. Leo can look it over before Sam gets back. We say anything before he gets the kid there�s going to be nothing but reporters on both sides of the country.�
�Okay, so we wait,� CJ nodded. She had wanted to wait anyway, but she knew it would be received better if it came from Toby. �Do you want to take this to Leo or should I?�
Toby nodded his head toward her. �You take it to him. You�ve got my full support, though I doubt you�ll need it,� he said. �Now go away,� he added gruffly. CJ smiled and left the office to get her briefing over with.
�Good afternoon,� CJ said as she took her place behind the podium.
Immediately reporters started calling out for her attention. Since she didn�t have any statements to read that were any different from her earlier briefing she didn�t bother trying to talk over them.