C.J. Delegates Air Force One Press Seating to Carol
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C.J. enters and hands Carol a folder about Air Force One seating arrangements, shifting focus from immediate tasks to administrative details.
Who Was There
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Composed professionalism veiling profound grief and exhaustion
Enters office with purpose, approaches Carol's desk directly, summons her attention, hands over the folder while naming priority outlets AP, Reuters, Agence France and clarifying its Air Force One seating purpose, nods affirmatively to seal the handoff.
- • Delegate Air Force One press seating logistics immediately
- • Prioritize key wire services for crisis briefings
- • Operational continuity overrides personal mourning
- • Precise press management shapes narrative amid chaos
Alert focus amid subdued sorrow
Positioned at her desk as logistical anchor, responds instantly to C.J.'s call, accepts the handed folder, and probes for instant clarification on its contents as seating arrangements, affirming readiness to execute.
- • Accurately comprehend and action the folder's directives
- • Support C.J.'s press operations without delay
- • Swift clarification ensures flawless execution
- • Team reliability sustains White House machinery
serious and determined, smiling
enters C.J.'s office, briefs C.J. on Justice Department's tobacco suit funding shortage and opposition from eight subcommittee members including Kalmbach, Warren, and Rossiter, provides her with a strongly worded press release, discusses Democratic defections, walks-and-talks with C.J. down the hallway, smiles at her reaction to the release, inquires if she has seen Bartlet
- • brief C.J. on the Justice Department appropriations issue
- • share and seek input on the press release
- • rally support to address Democratic opposition
- • check on Bartlet's status indirectly
referenced by Josh as feeling strongly about pushing the appropriations issue
- • light a fire under the appropriations subcommittee
referenced in Josh's press release as calling on Congress, subject of 'Let Bartlet be Bartlet' comment, inquired about by Josh and C.J. as 'him' whether seen today
mentioned as one of eight subcommittee members opposing Justice Department funding, has significant ties to tobacco
mentioned as one of eight subcommittee members opposing Justice Department funding, no tobacco ties
mentioned as one of eight subcommittee members opposing Justice Department funding, no tobacco ties
Objects Involved
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C.J. physically hands this bulging folder to Carol at her desk, its contents specifying coveted Air Force One seats for AP, Reuters, and Agence France—transforming abstract logistics into a concrete task that propels crisis coverage while starkly contrasting emotional devastation with bureaucratic momentum in the administration's grief-stricken grind.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
Explicitly named by C.J. in the folder handoff as a top-priority outlet for Air Force One seating, thrusting Associated Press into the frontline of Haiti crisis briefings and underscoring White House strategy to feed elite wires amid grief, MS secrecy, and operational frenzy.
Called out alongside peers in C.J.'s folder directive for prime Air Force One seats, positioning Reuters as essential conduit for administration messaging on Haiti assaults, embodying the press's ravenous pull on White House bandwidth despite internal mourning.
Highlighted in the folder's contents during C.J.'s handoff to Carol as a favored Air Force One assignee, priming Agence France for immersive Haiti coverage and illustrating how targeted press favoritism sustains White House command amid personal and political tempests.
Central to the folder's purpose as the airborne venue dictating press seating for AP, Reuters, and Agence France, invoked in C.J.'s directive to Carol—symbolizing the presidency's mobile fortress commandeering staff focus from cathedral grief to skyward logistics.
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Key Dialogue
"C.J.: "([handing her a folder]) AP, Reuters, Agence France, something about seating on Air Force One...""
"CAROL: "Seating arrangements?""
"C.J.: "([nodding]) Seating arrangements on Air Force One.""