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White House Staff Résumés

Bartlet directs Leo, Charlie, Sam, and Toby to update their résumés in the Oval Office strategy huddle. These job documents sharpen into political tools, lined up alongside validators to prove staff credibility for the tax plan push. Leo parcels out tasks as the group absorbs the order, tying personal histories to the debate stakes against Stackhouse.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Validation Secured — Validators and Debate Strategy Mobilized

White House Staff Résumés are invoked by Bartlet as immediate political collateral to be updated — a practical, almost wry instruction that turns personal CVs into campaign weapons to support validators and credibility-building.

Before: Existing staff résumés likely on file, not currently prepared for public-facing use.

After: Ordered to be refreshed and prepared for validators/endoser coordination and public vetting processes.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Needle-Exchange Flashpoint — Debate Stakes and Stackhouse Uncertainty

White House staff résumés are invoked symbolically — Bartlet tells staff to 'update our resumes' as shorthand for preparing public validators and political credibility, converting internal personnel histories into external proof points for the tax plan.

Before: Unstated; implied in need of updates for public rollout.

After: Assigned as a task item for staff to update in preparation for validators and public messaging.

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S4E4 · The Red Mass

Debate Strategy Clash — Expectations vs. Substance

White House staff resumes are summoned by Bartlet as practical tools to support validators and credential external endorsers; the call to 'update our resumes' turns personal histories into political capital for the rollout.

Before: Existing but not recently updated; held by staff and used for background credentialing.

After: Marked as needing updates; assignment implied for staff to prepare them as political tools.

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