Embassy Marines' Beretta Side-Arms

Nancy McNally charges into the Situation Room's frenzy, her voice slashing through Leo's sarcasm as she tallies the slaughter: 37 Marines hunker in the embassy, Beretta side-arms locked in desperate grips—compact pistols outmatched by 500 rebels' AR-15 storms, Bradley APC onslaughts, and artillery barrages that overwhelm defenses in the unannounced siege.

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Purpose

Arming 37 embassy Marines with side-arm pistols for close-quarters defense against superior rebel forces during the embassy siege.

Significance

Exposes catastrophic firepower imbalance, propelling Nancy's call to mobilize the 8-80th Hostage Task Force and escalating the Haitian crisis amid Bartlet's political inferno.

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When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Situation Room: Rebel Firepower Overwhelms Embassy, Triggers Hostage Task Force

Nancy contrasts the embassy Marines' Beretta side-arms (alongside M-14s) against rebels' heavy weapons, underscoring defensive vulnerability and Marine restraint training, which reframes their 37-strong holdout as viable amid the siege declaration.

Before: Issued to 37 embassy Marines for defense

After: Revealed as inadequate vs. rebel firepower, justifying escalation

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