This act of defiant support is portrayed as a selfless action, but in real life it would be very purposeful. Because if the Chief of Staff is forced out of office, things will change in the West Wing, including the staff that work there. When Governor Sununu resigned as President Bush's Chief of Staff, many other senior staff changes followed. Staff changes trickle down from the top, and presumably, Rob Lowe does not want to lose this gig after such a long dry spell on the big screen. . . . In another scene, the President heads to the Situation Room for a meeting with military officials regarding the crisis in Pakistan and India.
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At the end of the meeting, the camera quickly turns to a young, very handsome, military guy who is just hanging up a wall phone. The scene in which the President collapses after being seized with what appeared to be the flu was pretty well done. Having a military doctor in the Oval Office attending to the President is accurate. In fact, there is a doctor's office on the ground floor of the White House. While Martin Sheen, who portrays the President, did a good job at being sick on the T.V. show, the real President Bush still takes the cake for throwing up all over the Japanese Prime Minister.