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2019-10-05 Government
Trump To Trim NSC Staff : Enough Whistling !
[Time] Trump Orders Substantial Cut to National Security Council Staff After Whistle-Blower Complaint

President Donald Trump has ordered a substantial reduction in the staff of the National Security Council, according to five people familiar with the plans, as the White House confronts an impeachment inquiry touched off by a whistle-blower complaint related to the agency's work.

Some of the people described the staff cuts as part of a White House effort to make its foreign policy arm leaner under new National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien.

The request to limit the size of the NSC staff was conveyed to senior agency officials by acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and O'Brien this week. The whistle-blower complaint, focused on Trump's conduct in a July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, has been followed by damaging reports on the president's private conversations with other world leaders.

The New York Times has reported that the whistle-blower was a CIA officer who was at one point detailed to the White House. The complaint has become the driving motivation behind House Democrats' impeachment effort, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began last week.

Two of the people familiar with the decision to shrink the NSC insisted it was largely rooted in both the transition to O'Brien's leadership as well as Trump's desire to increase efficiency at the agency, which grew under former President Barack Obama. About 310 people currently work at the NSC.
We can safely say at least half are absolutely unnecessary then ?
Read the rest of the thing at TIME.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-10-05 14:14|| || Front Page|| [22 views ]  Top

#1 Then slash CIA, FBI, DOJ and State. Send to remainder to Iraq and Afghanistan to do their job.
Posted by Harry Angomoque6080 2019-10-05 17:51||   2019-10-05 17:51|| Front Page Top

#2 Fire anyone who files charges against another based on heresy. They displayed extreme incompetence.
Posted by Phaick Uneretle6310 2019-10-05 20:11||   2019-10-05 20:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Guaranteed to create 'sour grapes' complainers.
Posted by Skidmark 2019-10-05 22:54||   2019-10-05 22:54|| Front Page Top

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