Bartlet's Colombia Decertification Briefing

Will receives this briefing material on Air Force One's staff cabin at night, sent up specifically for Bartlet amid calls to families of friendly-fire victims. Bartlet scans it briefly, then instructs Will to hand it to C.J. and read aloud en route, thrusting them from grief into Colombia policy analysis under dim cabin lights.

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Purpose

Provides research on political and legal fallout of decertifying Colombia for presidential review

Significance

Pivots scene from intimate loss to high-stakes foreign policy order, surprising Will and foreshadowing administration conflicts over aggressive decertification amid human tragedy

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S4E19 · Angel Maintenance

Family Calls and a Decertification Order

A Colombia decertification briefing packet is handed (or pointed to) by Bartlet to Will as he instructs that it be given to C.J. and read en route. The object functions as the concrete bridge between private decision and public action, carrying the facts that will enable rapid policy research and media choreography.

Before: In presidential reach/possession (Bartlet has the material ready to hand or reference).

After: Entrusted to Will to pass to C.J.; set to be read 'on the way' and used as the source for immediate research and briefing.

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