WHEN REBEL GROUPS THREATEN ELIZABETH'S SOMALIAN FOOD RELIEF EFFORTS AND KIDNAP AN AMERICAN AIDE, SHE RELUCTANTLY CONSIDERS TURNING TO A NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN ARMS DEALER FOR HELP, ON "MADAM SECRETARY," SUNDAY, APRIL 23

Tony Award-Winning Actor John Cullum Guest Stars as Senator Beau Carpenter, Whom Elizabeth Asks to Assist with the Somali Relief Mission

"Global Relief" - When warring rebel groups threaten Elizabeth's Somalian food relief efforts and kidnap an American aide there, she reluctantly considers asking a notorious Russian arms dealer for help. Also, Henry is blindsided when he is taken off the VFF doomsday cult case, and Alison and Stevie await their college acceptances, on MADAM SECRETARY, Sunday, April 23 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum guest stars as Senator Beau Carpenter, whom Elizabeth asks to assist with the Somali relief mission.

REGULAR CAST:

Téa Leoni (Elizabeth McCord)
Tim Daly (Henry McCord)
Bebe Neuwirth (Nadine Tolliver)
�eljko Ivanek (Russell Jackson)
Keith Carradine (President Conrad Dalton)
Sebastian Arcelus (Jay Whitman)
Patina Miller (Daisy Grant)
Geoffrey Arend (Matt Mahoney)
Erich Bergen (Blake Moran)
Kathrine Herzer (Alison McCord)
Wallis Currie-Wood (Stephanie "Stevie" McCord)
Evan Roe (Jason McCord)

RECURRING CAST:

Clifton Davis (Ephraim Ware)
Justine Lupe (Captain Ronnie Baker)
Mandy Gonzalez (Lucy Knox)

GUEST CAST:

Michael Boatman (FBI Director Keith Doherty)
Roslyn Ruff (Marguerite Sanchez)
Jason Bowen (Anis Musse)
John Cullum (Senator Beau Carpenter)
Elya Baskin (Dito Pirosmani)
Brandon Marianne Lee (Newscaster)
Jeremy Davidson (Daryl Brennan)
Matt DeAngelis (Lance Abbott)
Patrick Page (Reverend Slattery)
Arian Moayed (Mohammed "Mo" Alwash)
Ayman Samman (Leader)

WRITTEN BY: Moira Kirland

DIRECTED BY: Jet Wilkinson