Secretarial Candidates

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Secretary candidates vie for the vacant executive secretarial position after Mrs. Landingham's death. President Bartlet dedicates office time on Air Force One to interview them, blocking his schedule as C.J. coordinates press duties and PR triage like the rolling-pin protest optics. This hiring push stabilizes White House operations under campaign strain, with candidates drawn from vetted administrative talent pools to handle the presidency's demands.

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Secretarial Candidates's Journey

A timeline through the narrative

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Unavailable: Bartlet Chooses Staff Interviews Over the Press

Anxious and anticipatory; their presence creates a private, evaluative intimacy in contrast to the public press scrum.

Secretarial candidates are the implied reason the President is unavailable — they are undergoing interviews in his office, the proximate cause of the press delay and the lunch detail reference.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Rolling‑Pin Protest — a Small PR Flare on Air Force One

Not described; implicitly nervous or expectant as interviewees.

Referenced as the pool of secretary candidates the President is interviewing; their presence is the reason C.J. defers press availability and anchors the President's immediate priorities.

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