The press room was buzzing with news that there was a porn movie floating about the senior staff.  Some were making jokes about the situation and others were concentrating on how they could get the information they wanted out of CJ.

CJ looked into the press room and quickly pulled her head back out again. 

"You want to go in?"  Carol asked her boss

"I should but I really don't want too."  CJ replied leaning against the wall as if it were holding her up.

"I don't think they know"

"Carol, I think they know, they're laughing and joking about it and I don't know if I want answer questions about a video that I haven't seen yet."

CJ peeled herself off the wall and walked into the briefing room smiling like nothing was going on.

"Ok, folks we have a slow day today so I'll make this quick.  I'll go over what I have and then I'll take a couple of questions and we'll be done ok."
"CJ is it true there is a porn movie being passed between members of the senior staff?" a reporter from the Chicago Sun Times asked.

CJ looked at her and smiled "I said that I would take questions after I have gone over what I have."

"So it's true then?" another reporter piped up.

"Matt, you should know better than assuming that things are true when I don't answer one of your questions."

"This is important CJ.  The public have a right to know what their tax dollars are getting used for.  I mean Whitehouse Senior Staffers watching a porn movie at 8 in the morning…"

"This is important.  More important than the President of the United States meeting with the Prime Minister of Great Britain."

"Yes" came the resounding reply for the Whitehouse Press Corp.

"Why?"  CJ asked

"Sex sells CJ" one reported replied.

"To ask Matt's question again, is it true that there is a porn movie being circulated around the Whitehouse?"  Helen asked.

CJ hung her head in defeat and sighed.  She looked across to where Carol was standing for support but she merely shrugged her shoulders.

"Helen, in answer to your question.  No there is not a Porn movie being circulated around the Whitehouse.  The video which is being circulated is a Sex Education Video."

"Parents in a Wisconsin town are calling it Porn!"  Matt said

"Well, I can assure you that it's not Porn!"

"Have you watched it??" Helen asked

"No, but…"
"Then how can you say that it's not porn?  Another reporter spoke up.

God, I'm being ambushed here, CJ thought to herself.

"Because I have been reliably informed that it's not Porn."

"Has the President seen it?"

Ahh the million dollar question, she thought to herself.

"No, the president hasn't seen it, but he is aware that it exists."

"Is he going to see it?"

CJ looked to the back of the room and saw Toby entering.

"The President has made a request to see it."

"So the President is going to be watching Porn?"  Matt asked.

"Listen to me and listen good, I am not going to tell you again.  This video is not a Porn movie but a sex education tape.  Some of the senior staff have had a look at the tape and informed me that it is a well researched and put together video.  In a world where there is gratuitous sex and violence on the TV and in the Movies why is it so bad that a teacher choose to teach kids about all aspects of sex and sexuality and not focusing solely on abstinence-only-until-marriage and the dangers of sex."

"So, your saying that this administration is against teaching abstinence-only-until-marriage programmes?"  The reporter from the Chicago Sun times asked

"I didn't say that.  I gave you my opinion."

"So where does the President stand on the situation?"

"The President does believe that abstinence education needs to be looked at as part of an overall education program. He is also looking at teaching kids about all aspects of sex."

"Don't you think that if The President looks at overall sex education programmes that goes on in schools right now he's going to get a backlash from say, the Christian Right Groups and…"

"Listen, guys I haven't actually sat down and had a long conversation with the President about where he stands on this.  As for reforming the whole education package, it would take an act of congress to do that."  CJ said sounding a little irritated. 

"CJ, is there any possibility that the press can see a copy of the tape to form our own opinion about it?"  Matt asked.

"I think that can be arranged."

"CJ, is the President aware that the teacher in question has been fired and that students are protesting about it and that they are saying the President is going to step in?"  Helen asked.

"I don't think they actually said that the President is going to step in.  The little girl who mentioned the President is a niece of one of our staff and that's how the video got into out possession."

"Was the staffer Donna Moss?"

"Yes!"

"Does Donna have the ear of the President?"

"No!"

"But her boss does and …."
"Listen to me people, the video is here in the Whitehouse and it has been looked at and the President knows about it.  Right now I don't know what the President wants to do about it.  He will get together with his advisors and then let me know somewhere down the line and then I'll let you know. That's all" CJ said picking up her papers and walking out of the press room with reporters calling after her.

Sam's office….

Sam was staring at his computer screen trying to find information on abstinence-only-until-marriage and also teaching all aspects of sex education.  So far his searches had come up with some pretty unsavoury Porn sites which he had left immediately but he had also found some useful information which he could use.

"How's it going?"  Josh asked standing at the door.

"Great.  How's Donna?"

"She's fine, glad we're not calling the tape a Porn movie anymore."
"Her niece still staging the sit in?"

"Yeah, refusing to come out until someone listens to them."

"What about the teacher?"
"The teachers name is Mrs Lawson and the President has requested an audience."

"Really?"  Sam said surprised.  "He watched the tape then."

"Yeah.  The President, Leo and Toby watched it and found it very entertaining."

"You know when I was at school, sex was a taboo subject.  Even in my household nobody talked about it, it was left to my friends to tell me all about it."

"I found out from my friend Ted.  He told me that if you kissed a girl you got her pregnant."  Josh said sitting opposite Sam and picking up a few papers.

"I still believe that!"  Sam said mock serious.

"Did you see the press briefing?"

"Yeah, CJ seemed to be getting up on high horse again."

"She's very passionate about some things.  I don't think this whole thing is a good idea."

"What's not a good idea?"  Sam asked looking up from his computer screen.

"This report that the President asked you to do."

"Why not?"

"Cause it's a fight we can't do right now.  The re-election is just over, we're still reeling from the MS hearing and people are just beginning to believe in us again."

"Don't you think that winning another election proves that people believe in us again?"

"Maybe."

"There's no maybe about it Josh.  Sex education was bound to come up at some point it just so happens that it's come up now."

"Maybe."  Josh said rubbing his forehead.

"What's so wrong about teaching kids the whole truth about sex instead of just the abstinence part?"

"Listen I agree with you on all of this.  I just don't think we can get anywhere with it.  We would have to change Federal Law, we'd have to go against the Church and parents of young adults that believe that we should be teaching abstinence-only-until-marriage cause they don't want to be dealing with their kids having sex."

"I hear what your saying but there is no guarantee that if you teach kids abstinence only that they're not going to go out and have sex away.  The problem with teaching abstinence only is that kids aren't necessarily learning about other ways to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancy, STD's and HIV"

Josh stayed quiet and contemplated what Sam was saying.

"Everything ok in here"  CJ asked.

"Sure.  Nice press briefing Claudia Jean."  Josh said sarcastically, getting up from where he was sitting.

"Thank you Joshua, I appreciate that coming from someone who posts messages on an internet site which is made up by people who are mentally unstable."  CJ was not in the mood to be messed with.

"I'm leaving now."  She watched as Josh disappeared back to his office.

CJ slumped on Sam's couch and screamed into a cushion.

"Feel better?" Sam asked

"You know I just wish sometimes I could get the secret service to come in and take some of those reporters out."

"I'm pretty sure that's illegal CJ, and besides you didn't do too badly."

"They just wouldn't let it lie.  They were like a pack of dogs"

"Did you give them a copy of the tape?"

"No, I'm letting them watch it in my office and Carol is serving them popcorn and drinks."  She answered sarcastically.

"You know some of your wise ass comments are probably the reason you don't get men"

"Sam, the reason I don't get men is because I work in a very high profile job that barely gives me time to scratch my own ass.  I am a wanton woman and any man would be glad to have me wise ass comments or no wise ass comments, you know if I actually got out there and looked for a man, which is not to say that I haven't been looking for a….."

"CJ!"  Sam stopped her rambling before he heard something that he didn't want to hear.

"Sorry!"

"I think we should concentrate with the job at hand."

"That was pun wasn't it"

"What was?" Sam asked confused

"Job at hand"

They looked at each other and burst out laughing.

 Leo's Office……

"Leo?"  Margaret said coming into his office and closing the door behind her

"Yeah?"  he said looking up from the report which lay open on his desk.

"There's a Mike Munro here from the Education Department."

"Does he have an appointment?"

"No, but he says that's important and that you really need to see him."  Margaret said sounding a little preoccupied

"Margaret, is there something wrong?"  Leo asked

"Why would there be something wrong?"

"You just seem a little….antsy"

"It's just that this video that's going around it's not really porn is it?"

"No, it's not porn"

"Ok, should I show him in?"

"Who is he again?"  Leo asked confused.

"Mike Munro"

"Show him in but come back in ten minutes and say that I have a meeting to go to"

"Why?"

"Just do it Margaret!"

Margaret left his office and a few minutes later returned with Mike Munro.

"Mike, nice to meet you"  Leo said extending his hand

"Thank you Mr McGarry".

They watched as Margaret closed the door.  Leo indicated to a seat on his sofa and sat down opposite Mike.

"What can I do for you Mike?"

"Mr McGarry, I'm going to get straight to the point.  Sex Education."

"I figured as much and call me Leo."

"Mr Mc… Leo, I have been asked to come and talk to you about the Sex Education fracas that's broken out."

"I wouldn't exactly say it's a fracas, it's more like twenty students protesting against a teacher that they think has been wrongly fired."

"Leo, we hear on the grapevine that says that the President has asked Sam Seaborne to look into the situation of abstinence-only-until-marriage and teaching kids about all aspects of sex."

"Where did you hear that?"  Leo asked, knowing that there was a fight brewing here.

"It doesn't matter, what matters is that you have to talk the President out of this report."

"Why should I do that?"

"Cause it would only lead to a whole heap of trouble for a President that got back into office by the skin of his teeth.  Nobody wants to get into this Leo."

"It's something that needs to get looked at Mike.  Why shouldn't these kids be taught about the whole shebang about sex instead of abstinence-only."

"What did you tell your daughter about sex, Leo?"  He knew he was shooting below the belt but he tried it anyway.

"I don't think that's the point here."  Leo said trying to keep his cool

"Teaching abstinence only is the best defence, against unwanted pregnancy, STD's ."

"Best defence for who?  You know that kids that get taught the abstinence only way and then decided that they were going to have the sex anyway that they are less likely to use contraceptives when they engage in sexual activity, leaving them more vulnerable to the risks of unprotected sexual activity such as unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.   The best defence for kids is to learn about all aspects of sex" Leo was slowly losing his cool.

"You know, you guys are going to go over the same arguments that you went over two years ago when you were told to put the sex education report in drawer.  This is an argument that you are not going to win.  Congress would have to support you in changing the law and Congress are for teaching abstinence only.  Congress, just recently approved one quarter billion dollars in new sexuality education funding which is based on abstinence only."

"You don't need to tell me about Congress I work for the government remember."

Margaret knocked on the door.

"Yeah!"

"Leo, you have a meeting with Josh."

"Thanks Margaret.  I guess this meeting is over.  Margaret show Mr Munro out."  Leo left his office and walked towards Josh's office.