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Kenny's right, and the President looks away in frustration1. KENNY (CONT'D) I'm your political advisor2, and I'm giving you political analysis here. This is a setup. The Chiefs want to go in. It's the only way they can redeem3 themselves for the Bay of Pigs. They have to go in, and they have to do it right. It's that simple. THE PRESIDENT I'm gonna protect those pilots. Thep President stares intently at Kenny. Kenny glances at the door, his voice hushed. He hesitates. KENNY They're boxing us in with these rules of engagement. If you agree to 'em, and one of our planes gets knocked down or one of the ships won't stop for inspection, the Chiefs will have us by the balls and will force us to start shooting. They want a war, and they're arranging things to get one. If you don't want one, we have to do something about it. The President understands. He shakes his head, paces away. THE PRESIDENT How does a man get to a place where he can say, 'throw those lives away,' so easily? KENNY Maybe it's harder for them to say it than they let on. At the very least, they believe it's in our best interest. And at the end of the day, they may end up being right. The President turns away, considers. Then turns back. THE PRESIDENT Triple check everything the Chiefs say to us with the guys who actually have to do it. No one's to know about this but Bobby. I need redundant4 control over what happens out there. And if things aren't as advertised, you're going to make sure they come out the way I want them to come out, starting with this low level flight thing. Jesus Christ...Kenny is daunted5. For a beat he just stares. KENNY That's going to be tough. You know how these guys are about their chains of command... THE PRESIDENT Any problems, you remind them those chains of commands end at one place. Me. INT. WEST WING HALLS - DAY Kenny and the President head for the Cabinet Room. Rusk comes out before they get there. RUSK Mr. President. The OAS meeting starts in an hour. I haven't prepared at all. We can't expect -- THE PRESIDENT -- we need this one, Dean. The quarantine's legal if we get a mandate6, otherwise it's an act of war in the eyes of the world. Get me that vote. Make it unanimous. RUSK Mr. President, The Organization of American States hasn't had a unanimous vote since -- The President moves for the Cabinet Room. THE PRESIDENT -- unanimous, Dean. Kenny slaps the dismayed Rusk on the back, heads off down a hall away from the Cabinet Room. INT. WHITE HOUSE SWITCHBOARD - DAY Kenny opens the door to the White House switchboard room. A half-dozen OPERATORS work their lines, making connections on the old-fashioned switchboard. Unnoticed, he sizes them up, their skill. They're all courteous7, pretty, professional. The CAMERA PANS down the line... and stops on a middle-aged8 matron at the end - the sternest, most scary of them all. Her name is MARGARET. MARGARET White House Operator. Yes sir. (beat, harsh, booming) Speaker McCormack, hold for the Vice9 President. Her voice is so severe, so smoker-gravelled, it makes the blood run cold. This is the woman Kenny's looking for. KENNY Ma'am, would you mind helping10 me out with a few special calls? INT. READY ROOM - KEY WEST NAS - DAY Ecker, Wilhemy and their Pilots are in angry debate. ECKER Orson Welles is a hack11. Now you want to talk about a director, you talk about David Lean... WILHEMY Welles is a G-d. Lean's the hack. ECKER Bullshit, Bruce, nobody but Lean is making decent movies these days. (to Young Pilot) 点击  收听单词发音
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