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WHITE HOUSE ASSISTANT COUNSEL PREPP'S HOUSE

- NIGHT Tim Prepp's Jeep enters the driveway.

Garage clicker in overhead visor.

A SUBURBAN GARAGE DOOR

TIM: Presses the clicker.

THE GARAGE DOOR: Opens without incident.

IN PREPP'S KITCHEN - NIGHT

AMANDA PREPP, a mostly-vegan sixties-style Sarah

Lawrence girl who somehow married the ultimate steak-

loving young yuppie and likes it, is about to hang up the

receiver when she hears Tim's car.

AMANDA: (into phone) Wait -- he's just pulled into the

garage.

Tim enters the kitchen from the garage. He stops, seeing

his wife's worried face at the phone.

AMANDA: (covering mouthpiece) Tim - I think it's the

White House Chief of Staff. He sounds upset - .

Tim studies her, then walks over, sets his briefcase down

and takes the phone.

AMANDA: Should I stay?

TIM: Of course you should stay.

He takes her hand, then lets go of it while placing the

receiver to his ear.

THE WHITE HOUSE - NIGHT

The Marines are on guard at the North Portico. One of the