Character

White House Military Advisor (military‑intelligence liaison)

measured factual calm analytical concise

A senior White House military advisor who provides concise military‑intelligence assessments to the President and top staff. During the Oval Office briefing, the advisor calmly rules out a coup risk, frames regional succession dynamics around Abida Kahn, and predicts appointments that will include representation from the Ebo in the East. The advisor functions as a technical liaison between operational intelligence and political decision‑making, favoring measured risk calibration and clarity under pressure while shaping the timing and tone of executive responses.

5 appearances

Also known as: White House Military Advisor, Military Intelligence Advisor

White House …'s Journey

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5 moments

S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

Page 17 Interrupted — Fed Chairman Dies

Composed and focused on clarifying security implications, with low affect despite the sudden pivot to domestic emergency.

The military‑intelligence advisor answers Bartlet's question about a coup risk, frames Abida Kahn's regional appointment plans (including the Ebo), and retains a calm, technical presence as the domestic crisis begins …

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S1E17 · The White House Pro-Am

The President Refuses to Rush: Dahl's Death and the Fed Standoff

Calm and professionally distant, their focus remains on providing clear assessment rather than engaging with the economic panic.

The military advisor supplies a measured response to Bartlet's coup question and stands by as Leo delivers the news; they retreat into the background while the domestic emergency escalates, still …

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S2E14 · The War At Home

Bartlet Slams Folder on Aguilar's Release, Demands Military Options

Stoically prepared, alert to impending operational shift.

Military Advisor stands resolute among crowded senior staff and advisors in the Roosevelt Room, present during Toby-Sam clash and Bartlet's demand for military options post-folder slam, rising as room clears.

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S2E14 · The War At Home

Bartlet Rejects Aguilar Release, Staff Voices Gratitude as He Exits

Stoically attentive, primed for operational shift

The Military Advisor stands resolute amid the crowded Roosevelt Room throng during Bartlet's atrocity litany and demand for options, rising with others as the president exits, poised for ensuing strategy.

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S2E14 · The War At Home

Bartlet Confronts the Catastrophic Cost of Jungle Warfare

Veiled discomfort beneath military decorum

Sits tensely around the table with Mickey and Leo, exchanges uneasy glances with fellow advisors as Mickey details catastrophic troop ratios and losses, rises in unison upon Bartlet's departure.

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Affiliation

Drug Enforcement Administration