Blieden is the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services. He is brought in to advise President Bartlet when a mechanical problem at the Nuclear Generating Station at San Andreo, California, causes the reactor's core to overheat.[1]
| bartlet cabinet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Vice President | John Hoynes • Bob Russell | |
| Secretary of State | Lewis Berryhill | |
| Secretary of the Treasury | Ken Kato • Karen Browning | |
| Secretary of Defense | Miles Hutchinson | |
| Attorney General | Dan Larson • Alan Fisk | |
| Secretary of the Interior | Bill Horton | |
| Secretary of Agriculture | Roger Tribbey | |
| Secretary of Commerce | Mitch Bryce | |
| Secretary of Labor | Carl Reid • Jack Buckland | |
| Secretary of Health and Human Services | Blieden | |
| Secretary of Education | Jim Kane | |
| Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Deborah O'Leary • Bill Fisher | |
| Secretary of Transportation | Keaton | |
| Secretary of Energy | Bill Trotter • Ben Zaharian • Gerald Deloit | |
| Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Jason Weaver | |
| White House Chief of Staff | Leo McGarry • C.J. Cregg | |
| Director of Central Intelligence | Tom • Rob Konrad • George Rollie | |