"Mr. President, about Hillary—"
"I'll call her personally." Obama headed to his desk: "Now, I need you to get in touch with Lemont immediately, tell him we accept all conditions. I want this damn shelling to stop right away. The rest... we'll deal with later."
"We can't reach Lemont now..." Walter said, "After the shelling, we lost contact with him."
"Then find someone who can contact Song Heping! He's not a ghost in hell, someone must be able to reach him!" Obama was somewhat impatient: "I don't need you to present problems; I need you to solve them!"
"Yes, I'll go to Simon, let him try to reach out, after all, the CIA must have a way." Walter immediately thought of Simon and then added, "About the press conference..."
"In an hour, I'll deliver a national address from Roosevelt Hall."
