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The Cabinet

Description

Specifically refers to the group of cabinet secretaries advising the President.

Event Involvements

Events with structured involvement data

2 events
S3E17 · Stirred
Sam's NEAP Pitch Meets Toby's Sarcastic Deflection

The Cabinet dissected via Ginger's clipboard as tomorrow's overloaded grid—Drug Czar, HUD, ONDCP—prompting Toby's probe and intervention, revealing it as logistical minefield in White House survival mode.

Active Representation

Through aides' schedule recitation and paging protocols

Power Dynamics

Subsumed under comms director's crisis override

Institutional Impact

Cabinet as extendable arm for Oval exigencies amid VP turmoil

Internal Dynamics

Hierarchical pull into ad-hoc meetings

Organizational Goals
Execute arrayed policy events Align departmental agendas with presidential rhythm
Influence Mechanisms
Calendar coordination Secretary dispatches
S3E17 · Stirred
Toby's Suspicious Summoning of HUD Secretary

Serves as focal intel source when Toby demands 'what the Cabinet's doing tomorrow'; Ginger recites its packed grid—Drug Czar, HUD Secretary, ONDCP—revealing overlaps that ignite Toby's HUD suspicion, underscoring Cabinet as battleground calendar clashing with White House VP survival triage.

Active Representation

Via aide-recited schedule rundown from clipboard

Power Dynamics

Subordinate to White House staff scrutiny and summons

Institutional Impact

Exposes executive branch triage under electoral pressure

Internal Dynamics

Competing noon slots straining coordination

Organizational Goals
Execute scheduled policy briefings and announcements Maintain presidential advisory alignment
Influence Mechanisms
Calendar slots dictating public messaging Secretary presence enabling Oval policy pushes

Related Events

Events mentioning this organization

11 events
S1E5
Toby's Quiet Reckoning with the President

Toby interrupts a lighthearted White House reception to confront President Bartlet about their recent distance and the still-raw worry that he was second choice for …

S1E8
Hoynes Deflects Leak with Dark Humor

In a crowded hallway Hoynes turns a potential journalistic ambush into a public shrug. He opens with a jokey, dismissive anecdote about an Internet hoax …

S1E8
Hoynes' Dark Deflection

Surrounded by reporters, Vice President Hoynes parries a probing question about the cabinet meeting with flippant anecdote and a sudden, menacing joke, then flatly denies …

S1E8
Press‑Room Bargain — C.J. Trades Access to Quash a Leak

In the empty press room C.J. quietly confronts Danny about the cabinet meeting leak, realizing the source is Mildred and briefly threatening to fire her. …

S1E8
Leak Traced to Mildred; Bartlet Chooses Policy Over Scandal

C.J. is ushered into the Oval by Mrs. Landingham to deliver a quiet but explosive correction: the cabinet‑meeting leak did not come from Vice President …

S2E1
Bartlet Defiantly Orders Government Continuity

Leo storms into the trauma room, prompting a brief, tense exchange before Zoey exits for privacy. Despite excruciating pain, President Bartlet demands a casualty report—shooters …

S3E17
Toby's Suspicious Summoning of HUD Secretary

After brusquely dismissing Sam's NEAP pitch, Toby pivots sharply to Ginger, demanding the Cabinet schedule with uncharacteristic urgency. He interrupts her rundown to zero in …

S4E10
Final Cabinet, Formal Resignations

C.J. intercepts the President with a troubling personnel story—Lieutenant Commander Vickie Hilton has been arrested on military charges—then Bartlet and Leo parse the legal stakes …

S4E23
Air Alarm Forces a Rules Debate — Bartlet’s Judgment Tested

An unidentified Beech Baron triggers a hair-raising operational scramble that turns an abstract policy split into a live test of presidential command. Nancy argues for …

S4E23
Bartlet's Crisis: Fear, Memory, and the Transfer of Power

In the Situation Room a false-alarm plane scare crystallizes a larger fracture: military counsel demands action while diplomatic caution urges restraint. Overwhelmed, President Bartlet steps …

S4E23
Invoking Twenty-Five: Walken Steps In

As the White House convulses after Zoey's abduction, Leo quietly organizes a surgical downsizing of the Oval Office — freezing nonessential paperwork and summoning a …