Colonel Gantry Signals Final Approach to Pease AFB
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Colonel Gantry announces the final approach to Pease Air Force Base, instructing everyone to prepare for landing.
Who Was There
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Anxious concern laced with apologetic urgency, prioritizing crisis flow amid personal repair.
Walks urgently to seated C.J., ignoring initial landing protocol to relay Gail Trent's FDA RU-486 confirmation for Monday, probes on Leo-Bruno poll talk, and offers sincere apology for prior tension, blending intel drop with reconciliation.
- • Disseminate critical FDA intel to key team member
- • Rebuild rapport with C.J. through accountability
- • Shared intel fortifies team resilience in scandals
- • Quick apologies preserve operational unity
Calmly procedural, exuding unflappable military discipline.
Delivers crisp PA announcement from cockpit, declaring final approach to Pease AFB and ordering all aboard to seat and buckle up, his voice cutting through the cabin's tense hum to enforce protocol during descent.
- • Ensure crew and passenger safety for landing
- • Maintain strict adherence to aviation protocols
- • Clear announcements prevent disorder in transit
- • Safety overrides all other activities during approach
Professional detachment inferred through relayed confirmation.
Invoked by Josh as recent conversation partner who verified FDA's Monday RU-486 announcement, positioning her as vital external intel conduit piercing the plane's crisis bubble.
- • Deliver accurate regulatory updates to White House contacts
- • Facilitate informed decision-making on FDA actions
- • Transparency in FDA processes aids stakeholders
- • Timely confirmations mitigate surprises
Agitated pragmatism over dire metrics.
Cited alongside Leo by C.J. as dissecting 'lack of yeast' in polls from another area, underscoring his data-blunt role in the unfolding campaign hemorrhage.
- • Expose poll weaknesses for correction
- • Push data-informed campaign pivots
- • Sentimentality poisons re-election math
- • Harsh truths yield electoral gains
Frustrated intensity implied in poll dissection.
Referenced by C.J. as conferring with Bruno elsewhere on plane about poor poll numbers, emblematic of backend strategizing fueling the cabin's dread.
- • Analyze and address campaign poll deficits
- • Coordinate re-election tactics with pollster
- • Data drives political recovery
- • Brutal honesty sharpens strategy
Location Details
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Heralded by Gantry's announcement as the plane's imminent touchdown point, this New Hampshire base looms as the gateway to Bartlet's re-election speech and team clashes, its floodlit precision yanking the narrative from aerial limbo into ground-level scandal siege.
Serves as the pressurized staff nerve center where Gantry's PA booms overhead, Josh strides to C.J.'s seat for hushed intel exchange on FDA and polls, the confined space amplifying procedural mandates against MS-RU-486-political freefall, hurtling toward touchdown turmoil.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
Looms via Josh's relayed confirmation from Gail Trent of its Monday RU-486 approval announcement, detonating as a regulatory wildcard in the cabin huddle—threatening to swamp Bartlet's defiant re-election bid with abortion pill firestorm atop MS fallout.
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Key Dialogue
"COLONEL GANTRY: "This is Colonel Gantry. We're making our final approach to Pease Air Force Base. If you would all take your seats and fasten your seat belts.""
"C.J.: "Sit down. We're landing.""