President Bartlet's moral imperative to intervene on humanitarian grounds (the 'Someone's kids' argument) versus the political, diplomatic and military prudence inside his staff — a struggle to convert moral rhetoric into defensible policy.
President Bartlet's moral imperative to intervene on humanitarian grounds (the 'Someone's kids' argument) versus the political, diplomatic and military prudence inside his staff — a struggle to convert moral rhetoric into defensible policy.
Events in This Arc
Toby breaks Will's concentration by tossing a rubber ball against the office window and pulls him into a terse, urgent conversation about a casual remark Will made to the President. …
In the Outer Oval at night President Bartlet publicly frames a new doctrine: America will intervene where tyranny and mass atrocities threaten lives and U.S. credibility. His moral clarity — …
In a cramped private room after the inauguration, President Bartlet ceremonially appoints Will Bailey Deputy White House Director of Communications, linking Will's military family pedigree to the gravity of the …