White House restructures National Security Council staff to align with Trump agenda
2 months ago

White House restructures National Security Council staff to align with Trump agenda

India TV News  

National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has sidelined about 160 career government employees temporarily assigned to the National Security Council, aligning the council's staff with President Donald Trump's agenda. Focus on aligning staff with Trump's agenda Waltz had indicated that he wanted to return federal employees retained from the Biden administration to their original federal jobs by Inauguration Day. The administration has already begun bringing in talented personnel considered critical to Trump's national security goals, including those serving in their first term. “We are committed to protecting national security and ensuring the wise use of taxpayer dollars.” Streamlining the NSC for Efficiency The NSC, which provides national security and foreign policy advice to the president, has seen staffing changes across multiple administrations.

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160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda
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2 months ago

160 national security staffers are sent home as the White House aligns its team to Trump’s agenda

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s national security adviser on Wednesday sidelined about 160 National Security Council aides, sending them home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda. Brian McCormack, chief of staff to national security adviser Mike Waltz, delivered the news in a two-minute phone call, telling the detailees they “are directed to be …

White House sidelines 160 National Security Council staffers, aligning the team with Trump’s agenda
2 months ago

White House sidelines 160 National Security Council staffers, aligning the team with Trump’s agenda

LA Times  

President Trump’s national security advisor has sidelined about 160 National Security Council staffers, telling them to work from home while the administration reviews staffing and tries to align it with Trump’s agenda, administration officials told the Associated Press on Wednesday. Trump’s national security advisor, Mike Waltz, had signaled that he would look to move holdover civil servants who worked in …

Live updates: Trump presidential transition news, Cabinet pick confirmation hearings
55 years, 2 months ago

Live updates: Trump presidential transition news, Cabinet pick confirmation hearings

CNN  

As President Joe Biden makes a final case for his foreign policy legacy Monday, his incoming successor’s national security team has begun signaling their intention to get rid of nonpolitical career appointees at the National Security Council as they prepare to staff the agency with their own handpicked selections. Yet many career officials now serving on Biden’s NSC now believe …

Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty
2 months, 1 week ago

Incoming Trump Team Is Questioning National Security Council Staff Over Loyalty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official …

Security experts grilled on how they voted as major White House cull begins: insiders
2 months, 1 week ago

Security experts grilled on how they voted as major White House cull begins: insiders

Raw Story  

Trump officials are ordering long-time National Security Council staff to divulge who they voted for in the 2024 election, according to a report Monday. Trump’s national security adviser Rep. Mike Waltz has previously said he wants the NSC cleared of anybody not openly supportive of Trump. “Given everything going on in the world, making sure you have in place a …

Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about commitment to his agenda

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the …

Incoming Trump team questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty
2 months, 1 week ago

Incoming Trump team questioning civil servants at National Security Council about their loyalty

LA Times  

Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about whom they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. White …

Trump administration questions NSC staff politics, prompts resignations
2 months, 1 week ago

Trump administration questions NSC staff politics, prompts resignations

India Today  

WASHINGTON: Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for in the 2024 election, their political contributions and whether they have made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by President-elect Donald Trump’s team, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. …

All officials assigned to NSC must resign by 12:01 PM on 20 January when Trump becomes US president: Mike Waltz
2 months, 1 week ago

All officials assigned to NSC must resign by 12:01 PM on 20 January when Trump becomes US president: Mike Waltz

Op India  

Donald Trump’s incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz has said that every intelligence official deputed to the National Security Council at the White House will have to resign by 12:01 p.m. Eastern time on 20 January, the day Trump becomes the president for the second time. Our folks know who we want out in the agencies, we’re putting those requests …

Trump’s national security adviser out of sight in coronavirus response
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump’s national security adviser out of sight in coronavirus response

CNN  

Washington CNN — As President Donald Trump deals with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, he is without a key asset that has served many of his predecessors well during times of crisis: a bold, proactive national security adviser who can flag early threats and ensure the government is focused on combating them, current and former National Security Council officials …

Trump's latest national security adviser is undercutting FBI Director Wray to quash report of new Russian meddling: report
5 years ago

Trump's latest national security adviser is undercutting FBI Director Wray to quash report of new Russian meddling: report

Raw Story  

In a scorching column for the Daily Beast, historian David Rothkopf accused Donald Trump's latest national security director, Robert O'Brien, of undercutting the United States intelligence services and uses his comments about recent reports of new Russian election meddling to make the case that he is contradicting FBI Director Christopher Wray to please the president. We never could have imagined …

Exclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council
5 years, 2 months ago

Exclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council

NPR  

Exclusive: Iran Strike Won't Slow Trump's Cuts To National Security Council Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images President Trump's national security adviser said tensions with Iran won't slow his plans to shrink the size of the National Security Council. In an exclusive interview with NPR, Robert O'Brien said he expects to …

The Ukraine scandal puts national security officials in an uncomfortable spotlight
5 years, 4 months ago

The Ukraine scandal puts national security officials in an uncomfortable spotlight

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John Gans is director of Communications and Research at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perry World House. A former chief speechwriter at the Pentagon, he is also the author of “White House Warriors: How the National Security Council Transformed the American Way of War.” CNN — Although it remains to be seen what will come of the impeachment inquiry …

National Security Council staffers uneasy, fear Trump backlash
5 years, 4 months ago

National Security Council staffers uneasy, fear Trump backlash

CNN  

Washington CNN — Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman departed Capitol Hill after dark on Tuesday after spending more than 10 hours detailing his concerns at President Donald Trump’s handling of foreign policy. The swift return to work for one of the impeachment inquiry’s central witnesses – who the President and his allies decried as a “never-Trumper” with ulterior motives, even as …

Once A 'Rocket Ship,' National Security Council Now Avoided By Government Pros
5 years, 6 months ago

Once A 'Rocket Ship,' National Security Council Now Avoided By Government Pros

NPR  

Once A 'Rocket Ship,' National Security Council Now Avoided By Government Pros Enlarge this image toggle caption Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Updated at 6:16 p.m. ET President Trump's brand-new national security adviser, Robert O'Brien, will inherit a National Security Council struggling to attract talent, current and former U.S. officials tell NPR. Sponsor Message Cutz said working at the …

Democrats investigate White House security clearances of Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn and other Trump associates
6 years, 1 month ago

Democrats investigate White House security clearances of Jared Kushner, Michael Flynn and other Trump associates

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have launched an investigation …

Donald Trump eyeing White House staff shakeup; uncertainty looms over homeland security secy Kirstjen Nielsen's fate
6 years, 4 months ago

Donald Trump eyeing White House staff shakeup; uncertainty looms over homeland security secy Kirstjen Nielsen's fate

Firstpost  

President Donald Trump is weighing an administration-wide shakeup as he looks to prepare his White House for divided government, but it is unclear who is going and who is staying. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was thought to be out as soon as this week, according to two people with knowledge of the issue, but she is now likely to …

Trump’s most trusted national security adviser? Himself.
6 years, 6 months ago

Trump’s most trusted national security adviser? Himself.

CNN  

Washington CNN — Earlier this summer, National Security Council experts were working to implement harsh penalties against Chinese technology behemoth ZTE when President Donald Trump caught them off-guard with a tweet about making deals with the foreign company. Defense Secretary James Mattis is quoted saying Trump’s understanding matches that of “a fifth- or sixth-grader.” Mattis later said the quotes attributed …

NSC spokesman Michael Anton leaving as John Bolton takes over
6 years, 11 months ago

NSC spokesman Michael Anton leaving as John Bolton takes over

CNN  

CNN — National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is planning to depart the Trump administration, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders announced on Sunday, leaving President Donald Trump without one of his top foreign policy communicators as a series of international issues loom. Anton’s departure comes amid a series of changes at the National Security Council, including former United States …

White House says new security clearance policy will not affect Kushner’s work
7 years, 1 month ago

White House says new security clearance policy will not affect Kushner’s work

CNN  

Washington CNN — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said chief of staff John Kelly’s new security clearance directive will not affect Jared Kushner’s work as a top White House staffer. Sanders declined on Tuesday to get into Kushner’s clearance status but said “nothing that has taken place will affect the valuable work Jared is doing.” Kelly said in a …

Between Trump and his national security adviser lie ‘ferocious’ internal politics
7 years, 10 months ago

Between Trump and his national security adviser lie ‘ferocious’ internal politics

CNN  

Washington CNN — As President Donald Trump heads overseas for his first international trip as President, many in the international community will be watching his national security adviser, Gen. H.R. “You can’t say what not to say,” the source said of Trump, “because that will then be one of the first things he’ll say.” Some on the National Security Council …

National security officials have to strategically add Trump's name to briefings to keep him interested
7 years, 10 months ago

National security officials have to strategically add Trump's name to briefings to keep him interested

Raw Story  

Besieged by controversy at home, U.S. President Donald Trump is under pressure to stick to the script and avoid fresh flare-ups when he embarks this week on his first foreign trip, a nine-day trek to the Middle East and Europe. White House officials and Republicans close to the administration say Trump, who campaigned on an "America First" slogan, wants to …

'Lasted eight days' in Donald Trump administration, writes former White House staffer Rumana Ahmed
8 years ago

'Lasted eight days' in Donald Trump administration, writes former White House staffer Rumana Ahmed

Firstpost  

After Edward Price, a CIA analyst wrote an op-ed in The Washington Post, citing President Donald Trump’s “disturbing” approach to security intelligence made him quit a career he chose 11 years ago, Rumana Ahmed, former White House and the National Security Council staffer, wrote in The Atlantic how she couldn’t last more than eight days in the Trump administration. Describing …

Donald Trump mulls national security adviser pick, promises autonomy
8 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump mulls national security adviser pick, promises autonomy

Live Mint  

Washington: US President Donald Trump may do another round of interviews for the position of national security adviser with new or existing candidates on Monday as he scrambles to fill the post following the ouster of Michael Flynn. The national security adviser is one of the most senior jobs at the White House, holding broad influence over US foreign policy …

White House names possible shortlist for Flynn replacement
8 years, 1 month ago

White House names possible shortlist for Flynn replacement

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — His administration dealt a significant blow after less than a month in office, President Donald Trump must now fill a vital national security post after the resignation of embattled national security adviser Michael Flynn. Whoever emerges as Trump’s choice will lead the National Security Council at a time when the young administration is grappling with a series …

Donald Trump is 'evaluating the situation' over national security advisor Michael Flynn, says White House
8 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump is 'evaluating the situation' over national security advisor Michael Flynn, says White House

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump is "evaluating the situation" in regard to his …

David Ignatius: Can Flynn rein in the national security apparatus amid Trump’s disruption?
8 years, 1 month ago

David Ignatius: Can Flynn rein in the national security apparatus amid Trump’s disruption?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Of the many puzzles posed by Donald Trump’s administration, the role of the National Security Council is among the trickiest. His NSC got off to a controversial start with a directive installing strategist Stephen Bannon on the “principals committee” and initially reported as reducing the role of the military and intelligence chiefs. Flynn, who has been at Trump’s …

White House (Falsely) Downplays Political Adviser’s Role On NSC
8 years, 1 month ago

White House (Falsely) Downplays Political Adviser’s Role On NSC

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s White House on Monday defended its placement of a political adviser on the National Security Council ― and in the process falsely described the extent of the change. What made Trump’s document unprecedented, though, was the elevation of White House “chief strategist” Stephen Bannon to both groups, technically giving him more clout …

FACT CHECK: Spin Aside, Trump's National Security Council Has A Very Big Change
8 years, 1 month ago

FACT CHECK: Spin Aside, Trump's National Security Council Has A Very Big Change

NPR  

FACT CHECK: Spin Aside, Trump's National Security Council Has A Very Big Change Enlarge this image toggle caption Carolyn Kaster/AP Carolyn Kaster/AP Holding up papers with highlighted text, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said little has changed as it relates to the National Security Council between the Trump, Obama and Bush administrations. In fact, Trump's Principals Committee, as compared …

Trump’s pick for national security advisor praises some Democrats, but is mum on policy details
8 years, 2 months ago

Trump’s pick for national security advisor praises some Democrats, but is mum on policy details

LA Times  

At the Republican National Convention last July, retired Army Gen. Michael Flynn famously led Donald Trump’s supporters in angry chants of “Lock her up!” to demand prosecution of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. So on Tuesday, when Flynn made his first public comments since President-elect Trump picked him to be the next White House national security advisor, a packed hall at …

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