McMaster: Travel ban is 'a first step'
Source: The Hill
BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 09/17/17 09:32 AM EDT
National security advisor H.R. McMaster said Sunday that President Trumps travel ban is a first step toward better screening of individuals entering the United States.
Well if you cant screen people effectively to know whos coming into your country, then you shouldnt allow people from that country to travel, McMaster told ABCs This Week.
So what the travel ban is is a first step, a first step in better screening, a first step in better sharing of information.
McMasters comments come after the Supreme Court last week agreed to lift restrictions on the ban. The temporary stay issued by the highest court allows the Trump administration to continue banning most refugees from entering the United States. Well, as Ive said, what hes meaning to communicate is that we look at these organizations everyday," the McMaster said on Sunday. We try to map these organizations everyday.
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McMaster dodges on Bannon question: Administration better off when we 'can serve the president'
BY REBECCA SAVRANSKY - 09/17/17 09:36 AM EDT
National security adviser H.R. McMaster on Sunday dodged a question about whether the Trump administration is better off without former chief strategist Stephen Bannon.
"The administration is better off when we can serve the president by integrating and coordinating across all of our departments and agencies with our key allies and partners," McMaster said on "Fox News Sunday." "And present the president with multiple options and then based on his decisions, to help the president implement these policies that prioritize protecting and advancing the interests of the American people."
McMaster said it's important to have an inclusive process and not to try to "manipulate into a particular decision or to advance your own agenda."
"We're advancing the president's agenda and we're advancing policies and strategies that are for the American people," he said.
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