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Oval Office Landline Phone

Man thrusts the receiver skyward in Oval Office urgency, plastic gripped white-knuckled as he relays gate sentry's alert—Jake Bratt's car idling with Dessalines stowed in trunk. Bartlet's override thunders through the line to embassy guards; tense pause fractures with confirmation, receiver quivering like a live fuse amid Leo's grim stare and Charlie's shadowed vigil, geopolitics igniting instant blaze.

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S2E21 · 18th and Potomac

Bartlet Defies Risks, Orders Dessalines' Embassy Entry

Lifeline bridging Oval command to Haitian gate: Army Man thrusts it upward to report car arrival, relays Bartlet's 'let him in' override into line amid room's held breath, delivers confirming 'He's in' after pause, crystallizing decision's real-time fallout.

Before: Idle on Oval desk, primed for crisis relay

After: Hotline cooled post-confirmation, Oval tension resolved momentarily

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