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It's Josh's birthday, but Will receives what could be a gift: an offer to be the new VP's top aide. "You can shape the next presidency from the ground up," Russell tells him. Meanwhile, Toby's determined to push his "message calendar"; Amy does some skillful (perhaps too skillful) lobbying on appropriations for domestic-violence prevention; a conservative Democratic senator is holding up military promotions and Josh is having difficulty getting him to change his mind; CJ and Leo clash over coal.