She must find a balance between international crises, office politics and complex family life. It is said that the prototype of this female Secretary of State is Hillary Clinton and Madeleine Albright (especially the former), but CBS refuses to admit it. Elizabeth McCord (Tea Leoni, who has served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for 13 years) has just been appointed as the US Secretary of State. She will find a balance between international diplomatic affairs, office politics and various "circumvention procedures". While solving global crises and national affairs, she also faces many personal troubles-from the US State Department, a huge organization with 70,000 employees, from the White House, and from home. Elizabeth used to be a university professor and later worked as a CIA analyst, but resigned for moral and ethical reasons. The former Secretary of State died mysteriously, and the president ordered her to return to the White House, so she returned to the public eye. The president respected her lack of political leanings, her deep knowledge of Middle Eastern affairs, her ability to speak multiple languages fluently, and her creative thinking. In fact, nothing could constrain her thinking.