The Cleveland Clinic
Description
The Cleveland Clinic surges as an elite medical fortress, unleashing top cancer experts to anchor President Bartlet's audacious decade-long federal cure pledge. Sam spotlights it beside Sloane-Kettering and NCI, demanding their specialists line up for press barrages that validate White House ambition amid Oval Office midnight reckoning—where visionary fire meets logistical ice, forcing pragmatic shelving under censure shadows.
Event Involvements
Events with structured involvement data
S3E11
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100,000 Airplanes
Bartlet and Sam Lamentably Shelve the Cancer-Cure Pledge
Cleveland Clinic cited by Sam as vital expert fortress, emblemizing the Herculean task of corralling specialists for pledge defense.
Active Representation
Named in barrier-breaking expert roster
Power Dynamics
Independent powerhouse resisting instant mobilization
Institutional Impact
Highlights logistical avalanches crushing visionary policy
Organizational Goals
Protect clinical priorities
Control media engagements
Influence Mechanisms
Resource lock-in via scheduling
Reputation as hurdle to unvetted alliances