Stacy's Disputed Foreign Policy Speech Draft

Stacy drops off pages of this speech draft in Toby's office. Will reads aloud its passages—language pulled from a struck Bartlet speech—advocating values-driven foreign policy amid the Khundu massacre. The words provoke Toby's sharp rebuke as naive idealism mixed with aggression, fueling a clash over authorship rights and doctrinal invention. Elsie, Stacy, and C.J. witness the exchange as Will ties the text to urgent moral stakes.

2 appearances

Purpose

Working draft refining foreign policy language for presidential speech

Significance

Sparks confrontation between Will and Toby on speechwriting authority, doctrine ownership, and hypocrisy in addressing the Khundu crisis, exposing tensions in White House creative control.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

2 moments

S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

Recovered Doctrine — Values, Force, and Khundu

Stacy's Disputed Foreign Policy Speech Draft is the immediate catalyst: Will is reading passages from it aloud. The draft contains the struck Bartlet language and forces Toby to identify provenance and warn about past removal, turning the textual artifact into political tinder.

Before: In Stacy's possession earlier; dropped off to Will and placed on Will's desk so he could read it.

After: Remains in Will/Toby's working papers; its contents have been exposed and contested in the office.

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S4E14 · Inauguration Part I

Who Owns the Doctrine?

Stacy's disputed foreign policy speech draft provides the pages Will reads aloud; it functions as both catalyst and evidence, containing struck Presidential language and prompting the authorship and process dispute between Will and Toby.

Before: In transit — recently delivered by Stacy and in Will's possession for reading and review.

After: Remains in the room as the contested text; read aloud and discussed, its content now known to Toby and Elsie and implicated in the staff debate.

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