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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesnt Belong There.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/opinion/i-was-on-the-national-security-council-bannon-doesnt-belong-there.html?_r=0I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesnt Belong There.
By MICHAEL G. MULLEN
FEB. 6, 2017
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Having Mr. Bannon as a voting member of the principals committee will have a negative influence on what is supposed to be candid, nonpartisan deliberation. I fear that it will have a chilling effect on deliberations and, potentially, diminish the authority and the prerogatives to which Senate-confirmed cabinet officials are entitled. They, unlike Mr. Bannon, are accountable for the advice they give and the policies they execute.
Consistent though Mr. Bannons presence may be with the predilections of our new president, it results in a blurring of presidential responsibilities Republican Party leader and commander in chief that is unhealthy for the republic.
Im perfectly aware that political concerns color the national security decisions that any president makes. The invasion of Iraq, the surge in Afghanistan, air operations over Libya, sanctions on Russia and, of course, the decision not to strike Syria after President Bashar al-Assad crossed Mr. Obamas red line on chemical weapons were all informed if not dominated by political calculations.
But those decisions were made outside the confines of the Situation Room, where the security council meets. I cannot remember a single instance during my four-year stint as chairman of the Joint Chiefs where it was otherwise. Thats the way it should be.
Every president has the right and the responsibility to shape the security council as he sees fit. But partisan politics has no place at that table. And neither does Mr. Bannon.
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I Was on the National Security Council. Bannon Doesnt Belong There. (Original Post)
babylonsister
Feb 2017
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(297,532 posts)1. Kick
gademocrat7
(10,665 posts)2. Kick
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)3. KNR
Mike Niendorff
(3,462 posts)4. 50 USC Section 3021
Bannon's appointment was, and still is, a straight-up violation of federal law.
Here is the exact reference.
50 U.S. Code § 3021
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/3021
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