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Roads and Schools
Foreign aid constructs roads across borders, paving paths through remote areas to link villages and ease cross-border travel, alongside new schools with classrooms for local children. President Bartlet names these projects in his speech, casting them as concrete results of the aid bill—symbols of American leadership fostering progress and a century of hope amid policy debate.
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Guns Not Butter
Century of Hope: Bartlet's Foreign‑Aid Appeal
Roads and schools are named as the concrete infrastructure outcomes of the Foreign Ops bill; they function verbally to translate budgetary language into visible, long-term improvements that justify American leadership.
Atmosphere
Presented optimistically as achievable, pragmatic fixes that remedy deprivation when paired with political will.
Functional Role
Concrete exemplars of development aimed at convincing listeners of the bill's practical benefits.
Symbolic Significance
Represent tangible progress, the means by which moral rhetoric becomes durable social change.
Access Restrictions
Conceptual — cited as intended targets of funding rather than physical locations in the scene.
Named in a rapid list alongside food, medicine, teachers
Operates as an image of rebuilding and connection
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