Miramar
Detailed Involvements
Events with rich location context
Miramar is invoked as a concrete example of bad optics—Sam missing a battalion send-off—which the press seizes on to portray neglect of troops and heighten political danger.
Referenced with gravity and reproach; the image carries weight in the room though the place itself is off-stage.
Off-stage referent that supplies fodder for negative headlines and moral critique.
Symbolizes the political cost of appearing absent from military ceremonial duties.
Miramar is invoked as a specific example of local military optics—Sam missed seeing a battalion off, which aides cite as a damaging detail in local coverage, tying Sam's schedule to national defense perception.
Referenced as a site of solemn military action contrasted with campaign trivialities.
Contextual location used as evidence of bad optics and local insensitivity.
Symbolizes the political cost of appearing indifferent to troops and community priorities.
Events at This Location
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In a cramped hotel suite the team reads a cascade of damaging local and national press — a compromising photograph, nitpicky local coverage, and attacks for campaigning while troops deploy …
At a tense hotel-suite breakfast, Sam McGarry sits surrounded by White House aides as local press hits and campaign missteps are read aloud. A dispute erupts over Scott Holcomb's national-committee-driven …