Haiti

Haiti surfaces as urgent external crisis when Bartlet invokes an impending evacuation briefing, yanking him from domestic battlefield to global command; it embodies colliding national duty against personal fracture, priming his abrupt exit and Abbey's isolation in scandal's wake.

Referenced as site of urgent evacuation plan briefing that Bartlet invokes to abruptly exit confrontation, yanking him from marital inferno into national crisis; embodies colliding duties derailing reconciliation, heightening thematic toll of power on personal bonds amid coup chaos.

Haiti emerges as a whispered foreign policy flashpoint when Sam flags it to Josh post-Bartlet departure, met with agreement then swift dismissal by Toby redirecting to Oval imperatives—narratively underscoring its demotion in re-election chaos and MS scandal triage.

Crisis epicenter driving the op—Bazan's coup traps embassy personnel; briefing hinges on its unrest, curfews, and SIGINT clearances, framing Swift Fury as defiant riposte to swelling refugee waves and U.S. peril.

Haiti erupts as verbal flashpoint when Doug invokes its coup and failed U.S. invasion strategy to hammer apology urgency, pressing Toby on 'setting the table right'; Toby kills the topic fearing exposure, positioning Haiti as haunting precedent amplifying MS scandal's peril in campaign calculus.

Haiti invoked as crisis backdrop—evac ops 60 miles offshore—serving as litmus for Bartlet's disputed command post-MS; reporters weaponize it to question his life-death readiness amid coup chaos.

Crisis epicenter dissected via sanctions history, police graft, prior U.S. shootings; Peter's 'down that road' invokes repeated failures, framing fly-by as bold pivot.

Haiti emerges as the focal topic when Sam shares 'good news,' injecting a rare positive foreign policy pulse into the late-night office exchange, contrasting re-election chaos and MS fallout while priming deeper strategic integration for Leo's arrival.