Ambassador to Qumar

informed politically vulnerable indiscreet diplomatic reliable scandal-prone

The Ambassador to Qumar sends a communique to the White House Situation Room reporting Qumar's reopening of the Abdul Shareef investigation. This update reaches Leo McGarry's briefing amid global crises including market panic and flashpoints from North Korea to Venezuela. Fitzwallace routes military rescue reports through State to the Ambassador and Qumar's Sultan, establishing the diplomat as essential link in bilateral ties strained by terrorism fallout and security demands.

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U.S.-Qumar Diplomatic Relations

Also known as: AMBASSADOR (to somewhere in South America), the Ambassador, new Ambassador

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Quicksheet: Market Panic and a World of Flashpoints

Not present; implies formal concern and need for a State response.

Referenced indirectly as the sender of the communique about Qumar reopening the Shareef investigation; the Ambassador is the diplomatic source feeding the Situation Room.

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S4E1 · 20 Hours in America Part I

Qumar Reopens Probe — A Quiet National‑Security Alarm

Not present — implied attentive and potentially pressured by reopening of an investigation in their host country.

The Ambassador to Qumar is referenced as the sender of the communique; though off-screen, the Ambassador functions as the diplomatic conduit receiving U.S. operational offers and reports.

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S4E10 · Arctic Radar

Winners Want the Ball: Bartlet on Discipline and Double Standards

N/A (referenced precedent).

The Ambassador to Brazil is invoked by Bartlet/Leo as precedent: he was asked to resign over an affair with the daughter of the president of Brazil, cited to show inconsistent …

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S4E10 · Arctic Radar

Parking‑Ticket Diplomacy: Bartlet Breaks the Tension

N/A — cited as precedent to question differences in handling similar scandals.

Historically referenced by Leo/Bartlet as an example of a diplomatic resignation over personal misconduct; used to compare political and military accountability.

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