S2 E4: In This White House I am rewatching The West Wing for the first time on HBO Max and I noticed something for the first time. In this episode, President Bartlet refers to President Nimbala being from the REK, Republic of Equatorial Kundu. Was that in the original? For some reason, I don't recall hearing about the REK until season 4.

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Or am I just crazy? I've rewatched this show almost a dozen times on Netflix and feel like I've never heard this before now.