Bartlet administration

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The Bartlet administration is the fictional presidential government led by President Josiah Bartlet in the television series "The West Wing."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional government
fictional presidential administration
narrative element
appearsIn The West Wing (TV series)
surface form: The West Wing
appearsInGenre political drama television series
branchOfGovernment executive branch (fictional)
chiefOfStaff C. J. Cregg
Leo McGarry
communicationsDirector Toby Ziegler
countryGoverned United States (fictional setting)
surface form: United States of America (fictional depiction)
createdBy Aaron Sorkin
deputyChiefOfStaff Josh Lyman
firstAppearance The West Wing (TV series)
surface form: The West Wing, season 1
firstLady Abbey Bartlet
governingParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (fictional depiction)
headOfGovernment Josiah Bartlet
headOfState Josiah Bartlet
includesCharacter Charlie Young
Donna Moss
Sam Seaborn
Will Bailey
keyIssueAddressed Middle East peace process (fictional)
campaign finance reform (fictional)
education policy (fictional)
social security reform (fictional)
terrorism and national security (fictional)
languageOfWork English
ledBy Josiah Bartlet
locationOfSeat White House
surface form: The White House
medium television
narrativeFocus policy-making and political strategy in the White House
nationalSecurityAdvisor Nancy McNally
networkOfOriginalBroadcast NBC
notableEvent Bartlet’s multiple sclerosis disclosure (fictional)
assassination attempt on President Bartlet (fictional)
kidnapping of Zoey Bartlet (fictional)
temporary transfer of power to Acting President Glen Allen Walken (fictional)
portrayedAs idealized liberal Democratic administration
predecessorAdministration Fitzwallace administration (implied fictional predecessor, sometimes unnamed Republican)
pressSecretary Annabeth Schott
C. J. Cregg
setInUniverse fictionalized contemporary United States politics
successorAdministration Santos administration
timePeriodDepicted late 1990s to early 2000s (fictional timeline)
vicePresident John Hoynes
Robert Russell
whiteHouseCounsel Lionel Tribbey
Oliver Babish

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Toby Ziegler employer Bartlet administration
Pilot (The West Wing) focusesOn Bartlet administration
Joshua Lyman employer Bartlet administration
this entity surface form: Josiah Bartlet administration
Annabeth Schott in The West Wing partOf Bartlet administration
subject surface form: Annabeth Schott
this entity surface form: Bartlet administration communications team
Josh employer Bartlet administration
subject surface form: Josh Lyman
Tobias memberOf Bartlet administration
subject surface form: Tobias Ziegler