<Li> Stephanie J. Block as Abby, Jay's wife . Block is the real - life wife of Sebastian Arcelus . Mirroring real life, Block had previously given birth to their daughter while Arcelus was filming season 1, episode 17, where Jay's wife also gives birth to a daughter . </Li> <Li> Joel de la Fuente as Datu Andrada (season 3, episode 15), the President of the Philippines . </Li> <Li> Christine Ebersole as Lydia Dalton, the First Lady . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="3"> The Dalton Cabinet </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Office </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Term </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> President </Td> <Th> Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine) </Th> <Td> 2013--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vice President </Td> <Th> Mark Delgado (Alex Fernandez) </Th> <Td> 2013--2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Teresa Hurst (Jan Maxwell / Jayne Atkinson) </Th> <Td> 2017--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of State </Td> <Th> Vincent Marsh (Brian Stokes Mitchell) </Th> <Td> 2013--2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni) </Th> <Td> 2014--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Treasury </Td> <Th> Max Quinn (Michael Cumpsty) </Th> <Td> 2013--2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Secretary of Defense </Td> <Th> Gordon Becker (Mike Pniewski) </Th> <Td> 2013--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Attorney General </Td> <Th> Mary Campbell (Anna Deavere Smith) </Th> <Td> 2013--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Louise Cronenberg (Leslie Hendrix) </Th> <Td> 2015--2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Unknown (Shown in "French Revolution") </Th> <Td> 2016--2017 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Nolan (John Bolton) </Th> <Td> 2017--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chief of Staff </Td> <Th> Russell Jackson (Željko Ivanek) </Th> <Td> 2013--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Security Advisor </Td> <Th> Darren Kahn (Cotter Smith) </Th> <Td> 2013--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Craig Sterling (Julian Acosta) </Th> <Td> 2015--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> ADM (Ret .) Ellen Hill (Johanna Day) </Th> <Td> 2016--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff </Td> <Th> ADM Ellen Hill, USN (Johanna Day) </Th> <Td> 2013--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> GEN Kelsey Reeves, US Army (Ralph Byers) </Th> <Td> 2015--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Director of National Intelligence </Td> <Th> Ephraim Ware (Clifton Davis) </Th> <Td> 2013--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Director of the Central Intelligence Agency </Td> <Th> Andrew Munsey (Patrick Breen) </Th> <Td> 2013--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Sean Williams (Larry Pine) </Th> <Td> 2015--2015 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Dennis Ellerman (John Doman) </Th> <Td> 2015--2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Hugh Haymond (Michael Gaston) </Th> <Td> 2016--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3"> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation </Td> <Th> Neil Hendricks (Wayne Duvall) </Th> <Td> 2013--2016 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Keith Doherty (Michael Boatman) </Th> <Td> 2016--</Td> </Tr> </Table>

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