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DemocratSinceBirth

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Wed Apr 5, 2017, 12:05 PM Apr 2017

Hot off the press ******Steve Bannon is out at the NSC*******




President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing.



National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was given responsibility for setting the agenda for meetings of the NSC or the Homeland Security Council, and was authorized to delegate that authority to Bossert, at his discretion, according to the filing.

Under the move, the national intelligence director, Dan Coats, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford, are again "regular attendees" of the NSC’s principals committee.


Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, was elevated to the National Security Council’s principals committee at the beginning of Trump’s presidency. The move drew criticism from some members of Congress and Washington’s foreign policy establishment.

A White House official said that Bannon was placed on the committee in part to monitor Trump’s first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, and never attended a meeting. He’s no longer needed with McMaster in charge of the council, the official said.

https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2017-04-05/bannon-removed-from-national-security-council-role-in-shakeup


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Hot off the press ******Steve Bannon is out at the NSC******* (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Apr 2017 OP
!!!!! YES !!!!! Raster Apr 2017 #1
That's okay. kskiska Apr 2017 #2
McMaster won janterry Apr 2017 #3
Now if they can get rid of that idiot who leaked to Nunes Gothmog Apr 2017 #4
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