Miles Hutchinson is a fictional character on the NBC television series The West Wing played by the late actor Steve Ryan. Hutchinson has served as the Secretary of Defense to President Josiah Bartlet throughout his two terms in office.
Hutchinson was first mentioned in the Season One episode "Pilot", and continued as an unseen character for the next three seasons. He was frequently mentioned alongside Lewis Berryhill, the similarly offscreen Secr...
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Miles Hutchinson is a fictional character on the NBC television series The West Wing played by the late actor Steve Ryan. Hutchinson has served as the Secretary of Defense to President Josiah Bartlet throughout his two terms in office.
Hutchinson was first mentioned in the Season One episode "Pilot", and continued as an unseen character for the next three seasons. He was frequently mentioned alongside Lewis Berryhill, the similarly offscreen Secretary of State.
In the Season Two episode "Two Cathedrals", he was mentioned as being a possible Presidential candidate, presuming that Bartlet chose not to run for re-election, which seemed likely at that moment.
He advised the President on the hostage situation in Haiti, although he was clearly never as influential as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace or National Security Advisor Dr. Nancy McNally.
Hutchinson made his first onscreen appearance in the Season Four episode "Inauguration, Part I", where he clashed with the President. He was said to...
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