Special Guest Stars Lily Tomlin as Deborah Fiderer Janeane Garofalo as Louise Thornton Guest Stars Matthew Del Negro as Bram Howard Steve Ryan as Secretary of Defense Miles Hutchinson Nina Siemaszko as Ellie Bartlet Diana-Maria Riva as Edie Ortega John Aylward as Barry Goodwin Ben Weber as Vic Faison Robert Foxworth as Senator George Montgomery Richard Jenik as Congressman Cooper