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As Chief of Staff Doug Stamper looks to undermine the legislators seeking to investigate the president, Francis' military school classmate Ken Caswell approaches Claire at a campaign event with news that their close friend Tim Corbet has gone missing and is feared dead. While Caswell raises questions about Francis' relationship with Tim, back in Washington, the president issues an executive order that effectively militarizes the election in hopes that the threat of Election Day terrorism will win over state governors, including Pennsylvania's Jim Matthews. So with his running mate Ted Brockhart making a public case for caution, Will Conway attends a governor's meeting at the White House to discuss declaring war on the ICO so close to the election. While Doug fields questions about military involvement potentially being seen as voter suppression, Catherine Durant appears before the Council on Foreign Relations to argue the president's case for an immigration ban. Although Durant has reservations about the policy, her efforts to find an ally in Donald Blythe fall on deaf ears. As Francis offers EPA money to Pennsylvania to secure Matthews' support when he's called to testify in the investigation, Tom Hammerschmidt sends Herald reporter Sean Jeffries to cultivate Seth Grayson as a source. Meanwhile, after Aidan Macallan warns that his secret data mining efforts for the Underwood campaign are at risk of being exposed, Francis authorizes him to disrupt Washington's telecommunications while he erases incriminating evidence from the NSA database. Although Macallan only needs 20 minutes to get the job done, Francis insists that he not restore the system until he says so. As Francis deflects Claire's questions about Tim, Macallan creates havoc in Washington, disrupting a congressional hearing where Matthews is being grilled about campaign finance fraud. After Francis calls to console Tim's wife Beth, Macallan sends word that the hack is complete and requests permission to restore the network. However, wanting the confusion to reinforce his claim of cyberattacks on the election, Francis refuses. Finally, as Macallan worries about the consequences, Francis uses an Oval Office address about the attack to underscore the need for his declaration of war.