GENERAL:
(to Clark) I’m sure you and your unit have done a fine job distilling the intelligence into this report, but what we’re dealing with here is an obsessive and deadly enemy and unless we get approval from the Senate Committee we are in real danger of losing considerable funding, then you kiss this whole operation of goodbye.
CLARK:
I understand, sir, but…
SENATOR:
But what, Lieutenant?
She pauses, it sticks in her throat.
SENATOR:
Spit it out!
She grimaces and says it -
CLARK:
You want the truth.
The SCREAM of another jet plane overhead. The room shakes. A Styrofoam cup of coffee falls off the table, spilling on the floor. Clark bends to pick it up.
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