Unnamed government officials

This is a list of unnamed government officials seen on 24.

Secretary of Transportation


When Vice President James Prescott summoned the Cabinet for 25th Amendment proceedings, the Secretary of Transportation for President David Palmer voted that Palmer remain in office. When Palmer was reinstated as President, she smiled broadly when Palmer chastised the other Cabinet members who voted against him.


 * Palmer's Secretary of Transportation appeared in "Day 2 3:00am-4:00am, Day 2 4:00am-5:00am, and Day 2 7:00am-8:00am".

Secretary of Treasury


When Vice President James Prescott summoned the Cabinet for 25th Amendment proceedings, the Secretary of Treasury for President David Palmer voted that Palmer be removed from office.


 * Palmer's Secretary of Treasury was played by Austin Tichenor in "Day 2 3:00am-4:00am, Day 2 4:00am-5:00am, and Day 2 7:00am-8:00am".

Secretary of Defense
When Vice President James Prescott summoned the Cabinet for 25th Amendment proceedings, the Secretary of Defense for President David Palmer was heard voting that Palmer remain in office.


 * Palmer's Secretary of Defense appeared in "Day 2 3:00am-4:00am, Day 2 4:00am-5:00am, and Day 2 7:00am-8:00am".

Secretary of Agriculture


When Vice President James Prescott summoned the Cabinet for 25th Amendment proceedings, the Secretary of Agriculture for President David Palmer voted that Palmer be removed from office. Unlike most of the other Cabinet members who were with Prescott in Washington, DC, this Secretary was present by way of a live video feed from within his limousine.


 * Palmer's Secretary of Agriculture was played by Robert Pine in "Day 2 3:00am-4:00am, Day 2 4:00am-5:00am, and Day 2 7:00am-8:00am".

Secretary of the Interior


When Vice President James Prescott summoned the Cabinet for 25th Amendment proceedings, the Secretary of the Interior for President David Palmer voted that Palmer be removed from office.


 * Palmer's Secretary of the Interior appeared in "Day 2 3:00am-4:00am, Day 2 4:00am-5:00am, and Day 2 7:00am-8:00am".

Prime Minister of Turkey


President James Prescott, newly sworn in to office after David Palmer was unseated during 25th Amendment proceedings, ordered an air-strike against three unspecified Middle Eastern nations. These nations had been falsely implicated as conspirators in the Second Wave nuclear weapon which detonated in the Mojave Desert. The bombers were unexpectedly spotted in Turkish airspace by Turkish surveillance, so the Prime Minister of Turkey tried to contact the American President to inquire on their mission. President Prescott was unwilling to appear before the Prime Minister (since even the American public was unaware of the shift in power), so he asked the recently-unseated David Palmer to masquerade as President. Palmer agreed, in order to protect the lives of the servicemen in the air. It was inferred from later events that Palmer successfully talked the Prime Minister into letting the Americans fly over his country.


 * The Prime Minister of Turkey was played by Miguel Marcott in "Day 2 6:00am-7:00am."

Ambassador


This man was the ambassador of an unspecified Middle Eastern country to the United States as of Day 6.

The ambassador first appeared in the Oval Office, when he briefed President Wayne Palmer and his advisors Tom Lennox and Karen Hayes on the influence and intentions of Hamri Al-Assad. He explained that many terrorist groups would indeed go along with Assad if he decided to pursue a peaceful course of action.

He reappeared in the White House bunker, where he expressed dismay over the nuclear attack in Los Angeles. He met with Palmer and Assad, and he debated the merits of Assad's previous terrorist actions. Assad left, and Palmer explained to the ambassador that he planned to hold a press conference in conjunction with Assad. Palmer said that he wanted a letter of support from the ambassador's country's Prime Minister. Palmer also threatened a military action against the ambassador's country.

He later returned to the bunker, and met with Vice President Noah Daniels. He expressed anger over the attempt on the life of President Palmer, and asked how he was doing following the attack. Daniels accused Assad of carrying out the attack, though this was not true, saying that his real intentions had always been to kill Palmer. Tom Lennox lied, saying that he had seen Assad with the detonator. Daniels threatened the ambassador with an invasion, demanding every ounce of information that the ambassador's government had, saying that he would invade if they did not find the remaining nuclear weapons.


 * The Ambassador was played by Ajay Mehta in "Day 6 9:00am-10:00am, Day 6 4:00pm-5:00pm, Day 6 6:00pm-7:00pm, Day 6 10:00pm-11:00pm."

Memorable quotes

 * Wayne Palmer: I believe you know Hamri Al-Assad.
 * Hamri Al-Assad: Mister Ambassador.
 * Ambassador: (to Palmer) I have never met Mister Assad in person, but I know him by reputation. His organisation has carried out repeated terrorist actions against my country.
 * Hamri Al-Assad: Your own policies precipitated those actions.
 * Ambassador: That's your justification for killing innocent people?
 * Hamri Al-Assad: You and I define innocent in different ways.
 * Ambassador: My own deputy lost his seven-year-old son in one of your bombings. That is how I define innocent.


 * Wayne Palmer: This is President Palmer
 * Ambassador: Mister President, my government has alerted me of the nuclear weapon heading toward my country.
 * Wayne Palmer: That's correct, Mister Ambassador, we've made good on our threat.
 * Ambassador: For God's sake, I implore you to stop it!