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Ruth McMillan (born November 1, 1961) was a United States Secretary of Defense under the administration of President Benjamin Asher.

In 2013, she, along with President Asher and other high-ranking officials were taken hostage during the White House Siege by sadistic North Korean terrorist mastermind Kang Yeonsak and his co-conspirators, and was nearly killed during the crisis until Mike Banning saved her life.

Three years later, she worked with Vice President Allan Trumbull and other officials on handling the London Siege.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Ruth McMillan was born on November 1, 1961. In her adulthood, she became a member of the United States Department of Defense, becoming Secretary of Defense during the Presidency of Benjamin Asher. It is also revealed that she is married.

Olympus Has Fallen[]

Diplomatic Meeting[]

Ruth was present during a meeting at the Oval Office about the situation with North Korea and the meeting with South Korean Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo. After Speaker Allan Trumbull suggested to threaten military action on North Korea to stand down from the border and stop their missile tests, Ruth responded that North Koreans are rational and suggested they bluff them and they'll call it. Trumbull inquired as to who says they'd be bluffing. After President Asher asked Vice-President Charlie Rodriguez on his opinion, he goes with McMillan's idea. After Trumbull was excused, President Asher asked Ruth when Prime Minister Lee would arrive to the White House and she replied around 7:00 PM.

At 7:00 PM, she was present during the meeting between President Asher and Prime Minister Lee about the situation with North Korean troops getting too close to the DMZ. Then Agent Roma warned the president that an incoming attack. Ruth quickly followed everyone to the elevator that leads to Presidential Emergency Operations Center, an underground presidential bunker in the White House.

White House Taken[]

Once McMillan and the others arrived in the bunker, which was 120 feet underground, she awaited in the command center console as a customized C-130 Hercules attacked Washington, D.C. After the C-130 was shot down, Ruth made a brief call. Then President Asher came to her, asking where his son Connor since he wasn't with them. However, Ruth was uncertain.

After learning that White House was under ground attack, she, along with the President Asher and Vice President Charlie Rodriguez were having a quiet discussion when several members of Prime Minister Lee's detail, including former Secret Service agent Dave Forbes, killed the Secret Service agents in the bunker, revealing themselves to be traitors. As the terrorists moved the hostages, Ruth helped moved the presidential aide Mary Jane Fuller over the right side of the railing of the command center as the rest of the terrorists seized the White House.

After the execution of Prime Minister Lee, Ruth was present when President Asher confronted Forbes for his treachery as the traitor demanded the hostages at gunpoint to put their hands on the railings. When Asher refused, McMillan witnessed Forbes having a terrorist named Cho bring a nurse over. Despite pleas from her and other hostages, McMillan watched in horror as Forbes nodded to Cho, who executed the nurse in front of them. When Forbes threatened Ruth, President Asher gave in and surrendered, which the terrorists used zip-ties to bind their wrists to the railing. The leader of the terrorists, Kang Yeonsak, says that it took their own forces to arrive in the White House in 15 minutes and his own men took it in 13 minutes.

Rescued[]

When Mike made a video call to Kang and confronted him, Kang learned that Mike locked out his video access, preventing him from contacting the Pentagon or executing any hostages in the live feed. Kang, angered over losing his communications, told his men to bring Ruth with them to the front lobby. Although Ruth tried to put up the struggle, she was dragged by two men out of the bunker while yelling out that she pledged her allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.

When the injured McMillan was taken to the front lobby, she stumbled down. Cho tried to force her up, but the defiant McMillan only told him that Kang was out of his mind. So Kang grabbed her by the hair and told her to walk. As the beaten up McMillan reluctantly walked towards the front door, Kang prepared to execute her when Mike, who anticipated that Kang would make that move, shot and killed Cho, which distracted the terrorists. The alarmed McMillan turned around and saw what was going on. She then slowly ran out of the White House and the soldiers got her out of the North Lawn safely.

London Has Fallen[]

When the attacks in London during the state funeral of British Prime Minister James Wilson happened, McMillan was in the White House situation room. As Vice President Trumbull arrived and was filled in, a drone arrived in London and McMillan saw the devastation from the attacks in London, horrifying her. Then, McMillan heard from NSA Deputy Director Ray Monroe that President Asher in aboard Marine One and is heading to Stansted Airport where Air Force One landed. Then she watched in horror as terrorists shot down Marine One with Stinger missiles and crashed in Hyde Park.

After that, McMillan saw the video message from the mastermind behind the attacks in London, arms dealer and terrorist mastermind Aamir Barkawi, admitting he was responsible for the attacks in London as revenge for a drone strike that targeted him, but killed his daughter. Barkawi announced in the video that he was going to war with the Western world and would bring fear to them. McMillan said that Barkawi was number 6 on their 10 most wanted list. Then Barkawi called them on an encrypted video call and McMillan listened on the conversation between Trumbull and Barkawi. The terrorist demanded Trumbull to hand over Asher and the Vice-President refused to do so. McMillan listened as Trumbull said that Barkawi sold arms through dummy corporations and ordered the officials to look for any place that Barkawi owned in order to find him before he found Asher.

Shortly afterwards, McMillan was standing next to Trumbull as they tried to figure out how to find Asher, as they knew the British government was compromised, including the police. General Edward Clegg, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, said that anything unsecured could get to the wrong hands. When Monroe spotted Banning and Asher on the satellite, sending a message to the satellite from a hand signals. McMillan saw that Banning is letting out his left hand and she translates that the left hand was nicknamed Southpaw, which is Asher's Secret Service code-name, and he is letting out six fingers. General Clegg says it's shorthand for MI6, leading the others to know that Banning was taking Asher to a MI6 safe-house. McMillan smiled in relief as Trumbull ordered everyone to find every MI6 location in the area.

McMillan was present as Trumbull speaks to Chief Inspector Kevin Hazard, MI5 Counter-Intelligence chief John Lancaster and other high-ranking officials in the video conference at Scotland Yard. She learned that Wilson was actually poisoned, leading everyone to learn that his state funeral, a must-attend event for Western leaders, was a trap. She also overheard that several first responding units in London were killed or missing and the terrorists were impersonating them.

Later, McMillan, along with Trumbull and Monroe, spoke to Hazard and MI6 agent Jacqueline Marshall on the video chat about the lead they found on Barkawi. They told Hazard and Marshall that one of Barkawi's companies owned a construction site in London, but it's drew an unexpected amount of power and there were been no communications in that building, leading them to believe that could be Barkawi's main headquarters.

After London Has Fallen[]

After the attacks in London, McMillan continued her job as Secretary of Defense. However, at the end of Asher's second term in office, it could be implied that McMillan may have retired from her position when Trumbull's presidency started.

Background Information and Notes[]

  • In London Has Fallen, McMillan was mistakenly listed in the text introducing her as "Secretary of Defence Ruth MacMillan" and the end credits incorrectly lists her as "Defence Secretary Ruth Macmillan".

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Characters
Mike Banning - President Benjamin Asher - Allan Trumbull - Lynne Jacobs - Leah Banning - Secretary of Defense Ruth McMillan - General Edward Clegg - Ray Monroe
Olympus Has Fallen characters
Protagonists Agent Roma - Agent O'Neil - Agent Jones
Antagonists Kang Yeonsak - Dave Forbes - Lim - Cho - Yu
Other characters Connor Asher - Margaret Asher - Vice President Charlie Rodriguez - Prime Minister Lee Tae-Woo - Admiral Joe Hoenig - Mark Diaz
London Has Fallen characters
Protagonists Jacqueline "Jax" Marshall - D.C. Mason - Kevin Hazard - Will Davies - Agent Voight - Agent Bronson
Antagonists Aamir Barkawi - Kamran Barkawi - John Lancaster - Sultan Mansoor - Raza Mansoor
Other characters Doris - Prime Minister Robert Bowman - President Jacques Mainard - Chancellor Agnes Bruckner - Prime Minister Antonio Gusto - Prime Minister Tsutomu Nakushima
Angel Has Fallen characters
Protagonists Clay Banning - David Gentry - Helen Thompson - Sam Wilcox - Agent Murphy
Antagonists Martin Kirby - Wade Jennings - Travis Cole - Bruno - Frost
Other characters Ramirez - Peterson - James Haskell - Admiral Paul Sebring
Paris Has Fallen characters
Protagonists
Antagonists
Other characters Vincent Taleb - Jacob Pearce - Unnamed French Minister - Zara Taylor
Night Has Fallen characters
Protagonists
Antagonists
Other characters
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