North Carolina
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A Saybrook/ North Carolina barn on the institute grounds becomes an impromptu Situation Room: informal, crowded, and converted from debate prep to crisis hub. It concentrates civilian advisers, military officers, secure lines and the President in one cramped, charged space.
Tension-filled and businesslike; the room shifts from camp rehearsal ease to taut, procedural urgency.
Meeting place and ad-hoc command center for immediate national security triage.
Transforms a pastoral campaign setting into the seat of executive power, symbolizing how politics and security collide.
Effectively restricted to senior staff, military officers, and those 'hooked in' to secure lines.
The Saybrook Institute barn functions as an improvised Situation Room where the President, Chief of Staff, military advisors, and hooked-in officials gather; its rural, ad-hoc setting contrasts the federal power being exercised inside its wooden walls.
Tense and concentrated — a mix of campaign-camp informality and sudden, high-stakes military gravity.
Meeting place and impromptu command center for immediate crisis triage and military/diplomatic decision-making.
The barn symbolizes the collision of campaign life and national security: domestic normalcy invaded by global crisis responsibilities.
Restricted to senior White House staff, military advisors, and secure-line participants; formal military protocol observed upon entry.
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