Character

White House Staffer

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Senator White attends a high-stakes meeting at Senator Howard Stackhouse's headquarters, convened by Josh Lyman to secure a presidential endorsement. Alongside Senators Jackson and figures like Secretaries Weaver and Susan Thomas, White pressures Stackhouse on policy alignment, particularly needle exchange funding. He directly challenges Stackhouse's reluctance, stating he entered the race to raise issues, not hurt President Bartlet, revealing White's commitment to party unity and electoral strategy amid internal Democratic tensions.

2 appearances

Also known as: another staffer, ANOTHER STAFFER, Vern

White House …'s Journey

A timeline through the narrative

2 moments

S4E4 · The Red Mass

Iowa Raid Debrief — A Moment of Relief, Then a Missing Plane

Calm, functional—focused on correct handling of the incoming message rather than its content.

Receives the delivered note from the entering staffer and facilitates its transfer to Jerry (who reads it), playing a quiet but crucial role in surfacing the missing-plane intelligence.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

From Domestic Victory to Diplomatic Emergency — Ben Yosef's Missing Plane

Neutral and procedure-driven; a low-emotion operator in the information chain.

Receives the note handed in by another staffer and serves as the immediate conduit for Jerry's alert to the President; otherwise silent in the scene.

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Affiliation

Israeli Government