Donna's Fax of Medicare Rules and Documents

Donna offers to fax Medicare rules and other documents to President Bartlet from the Roosevelt Room during late-night bipartisan talks on Chesapeake Bay cleanup. Josh demands immediate transmission to support the deal. The fax serves as a logistical bridge amid Leo's revelation of five U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuhndu friendly-fire incident, heightening the room's urgency.

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Bipartisan Victory Meets Backlash — Landing Alert Interrupts the Fight

Donna offers to fax Medicare rules and other documents to the President while leaving the meeting; the fax is presented as a logistical tool to arm the President with briefing material and keep the political process moving despite the emergent aviation problem.

Before: In the Roosevelt Room, with Donna ready to send.

After: Donna intends to fax them up to Air Force One; status becomes 'in transit' or pending as she exits to act on the Andrews problem.

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Kuhndu Friendly‑Fire: Human Cost Collides with Political Damage Control

Donna's fax (the Medicare rules/other documents) is offered as a concrete action to keep the Chesapeake negotiations moving while the plane circles; it represents the small, bureaucratic tasks that keep political deals alive amid larger crises.

Before: Queued to be sent from the Roosevelt Room/West Wing operations desk.

After: Planned to be faxed; action deferred only briefly as staff absorb the Kuhndu deaths and reallocate priorities.

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