U.S. Embassy Gate
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The U.S. Embassy—embodied in its gate—emerges as the focal protective priority, targeted for non-essential evac and Marine surge per Bartlet's orders, shifting from vulnerability to fortified stance amid coup shadows.
Taut threshold of standoff peril
Target of ordered evacuation and reinforcement
American sanctuary on coup's knife-edge
Non-essentials to evacuate; Marines incoming
Fortified breach point where Jake Bratt's car halts with trunk-hid Dessalines; phone relay spotlights its standoff tension as Bartlet commands open, symbolizing U.S. sovereignty line crossed into junta fury.
Charged with imminent siege, junta shadows looming
Asylum threshold and confrontation flashpoint
U.S. moral commitment's iron portal amid peril
Heavily guarded, overridden by presidential directive
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In the Oval Office briefing on the Haitian coup, after learning of Dessaline's disappearance and military encirclement, Leo proposes evacuating non-essential embassy personnel. Jake warns it signals U.S. doubt in …
In the Oval Office, Leo urgently briefs President Bartlet on Dessalines' flight to the U.S. embassy after his bodyguards are shot, likely concealed in Jake Bratt's car trunk. Robbie warns …