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into the Defense Department's

outsourcing practices.

Called mercenaries by

some and saviors by others,

PointCorp, the controversial

private military contractor,

is said to be

the biggest beneficiary

in the Defense Department's

outsourcing in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Collins, who'd been married for

is thought to have refused to

leave his wife for Miss Baker.

Brass tacks.

Were you having a relationship with this girl?

Yes,

and I can't tell you how

sorry I am about all of this.

Okay.

I've asked Andrew

here to help us

handle things from

a media point of view.

If anyone can steer us

through this, he can.

Well, the next 72 hours

are gonna be brutal.

You ought to brace

yourself for that.

For a while, you're gonna be

everything that's wrong with politics.

You're still a star, Steve.

The party takes

care of its stars.

You just have to

lay low for a while.

How low?

Low.

Nothing that would bring any

undue attention to yourself.

At the hearings,

for instance.

We're not finished

with PointCorp.

No, but you are.

If you open up fire on

those guys right now,

that's not gonna look

like good governance,

just a calculated

distraction.

Is your wife

speaking to you?

No, not right now.

Then that's job one,

isn't it?

Yinzer! She knows you

got the message,

and she knows

you're in the building.

Yes.

Morning.

So, where are we?

Was he knobbing her or not?

Morning, Cam.

It's funny about you. Every time

your friend runs for reelection

or conducts a hearing,

you drop his name to me until

we give him some coverage.

But he finally

does something

that actually might

sell some newspapers,

you're rendered mute.

It's incongruous.

No, it is not.

It's inconsistent.

Don't be an ass.

What do you think?

Those are the ideas

for our facelift.

I know. I know.

It's crap.

Our new owners

have this odd idea

that we ought to

be turning a profit.

Yeah, well, I hear our

online side is doing great.

I mean,

not like I'm the kind of guy

who would notice

that sort of thing,

but I've been here,

what, 15 years?

I use a 16-year-old computer.

She's been here 15 minutes,

and she could launch a Russian

satellite with the gear she's got.

Yeah, she told me

you behaved like a pig.

That's too strong.

Well, piggish.

I showed her

a little snout.

Well, I happen to like

Ms. Della Frye.

And, yes,

I did send her down there

to winkle

something out of you.

She's hungry, she's cheap, and

she churns out copy every hour.

Yeah, I know. I'm overfed, I'm too

expensive, and I take way too long.

Yes, you do.

I was Stephen Collins'

roommate in college.

I don't live with him now.

Well, that's a shame,

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