What does it mean?
mandarin

The mandarins huddled around the President—

a.) as members of the Secret Service, it was their job to protect him at all times.

b.) secretive and elusive, no one ever really knew what kind of advice they gave their leader.

c.) the administration's power brokers made certain they had the ear of the president on every issue.

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