Object
Bartlet's Haiti Sanctions File
Bartlet nods sharply, fingers splaying the file's stiff covers to unleash pages crammed with sanction breakdowns, Haiti coup dispatches, refugee surge projections, and Bazan regime analyses. He scans intently, voice slicing through advisors—questioning Peter on diplomatic teeth—as Josh, Nancy, Mosley, and the military officer lean in, documents fueling the Oval's charged pivot from futile penalties to fly-by resolve.
3 appearances
Purpose
Briefing material and reference document evaluating sanctions' impact on Haiti's coup, refugee crisis, and diplomatic options
Significance
Anchors Bartlet's defiant calibration of U.S. response—carrier fly-by and Canadian ultimatum—trumping political optics, as moral urgency over Dessaline's legitimacy clashes with MS scandal shadows, forging leadership amid fraying advisor resilience.
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