In the aftermath of Josh's departure to run Matt Santos's presidential campaign, Leo is instrumental in the hiring of Republican lobbyist Cliff Calley as the new Deputy White House Chief of Staff in charge of strategic planning and legislative affairs.
In the aftermath of Josh's departure to run Matt Santos's presidential campaign, Leo begins taking on some of the assignments from Josh's portfolio at C.J.'s request. Seeing similarities to Josh Lyman, Leo champions lobbyist Cliff Calley to take over for Josh to be in charge of strategic planning and legislative affairs.