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'More Cuts Coming' for National Security Council Staff....
.theepochtimes ^ | 2/12/2020 | ZACHARY STIEBER

Posted on 02/12/2020 7:05:06 AM PST by caww

More cuts are coming soon at the White House National Security Council, National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien said, as part of an effort to make the council streamlined and efficient and to make sure the council staffers are dedicated to carrying out policies chosen by President Donald Trump.

“It’s really a privilege to work in the White House. It’s not a right,” O’Brien added. “At the end of the day, the president is entitled to staffers that want to execute his policy, that he has confidence in, and I think every president’s entitled to that.”

“When they come to the White House, they serve as the president’s personal staff and it is our view that while they are at the National Security Council, they should not represent the views of their parent agencies or departments,” he said. “They’re not there as liaison officers, and they certainly shouldn’t represent their own personal views.”

“The president has to have confidence in the folks on his National Security Council staff to ensure that they are committed to executing the agenda that he was elected by the American people to deliver,” O’Brien said. The National Security Council shouldn’t be “a mini State Department, a mini Pentagon, a mini Department of Homeland Security.”

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To: 9YearLurker

Grumbling about what you think should have been done in the past serves no purpose whatsoever....


21 posted on 02/12/2020 8:41:59 AM PST by caww
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To: LeonardFMason

Yep.........now that he has the broad understanding of governance and who is who.....where they are entrenched....and people to target them...next four years are going to be very interesting!


22 posted on 02/12/2020 8:44:00 AM PST by caww
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To: Lurker

You have to right the ship and get it on course before you start throwing people overboard.


23 posted on 02/12/2020 8:45:46 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Um, yes it doe—if you value the truth and look at who has his mitts in too much of the admin right now.


24 posted on 02/12/2020 8:47:24 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: wardamneagle

When clearing out corruption it’s not uncommon to let the bad guys continue to operate with a close eye on who they see, where they gather, and who they’re actualy working for. you want the whole cabal to fall not just the underlings.


25 posted on 02/12/2020 8:49:55 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

I wonder how many of those who are losing their jobs will blame Vindman & the Democrats lust to impeach Trump for this change in their economic status???

If Schiff, Schumer, Pelosi hadn’t been so eager to drag in ANYONE who would speak against Trump, they might still be getting a paycheck.


26 posted on 02/12/2020 8:50:54 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: 9YearLurker

Obviously you have an issue with Jarad....Trump, as obviously, thinks otherwise.


27 posted on 02/12/2020 8:54:06 AM PST by caww
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To: ridesthemiles

Of course they’ll blame others....but it won’t be the Demorats.


28 posted on 02/12/2020 8:55:21 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

The biggest mistake of Trump’s first term is that he did not purge the deep state early on, but now 3 years later when he has the cachet, he needs to have a night of long knives.


29 posted on 02/12/2020 8:59:26 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: caww

I do have massive issues with Jared, his dad, and his dad’s Israeli influence on Jared.

Trump’s one weakness is his love for Ivanka, which unfortunately blinds him.


30 posted on 02/12/2020 9:07:52 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker
....”I do have massive issues with Jared, his dad, and his dad’s Israeli influence on Jared”......

Well I don't have issues with Jarad and am satisfied with the work Jarad has done not only here but in Saudi with their leaders and throughout areas abroad.

I won't even address you're frivolous second comment as it doesn't warrant so.

31 posted on 02/12/2020 9:53:13 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

“You have to right the ship and get it on course before you start throwing people overboard.”

Pretty tough to right the ship when half the crew is busily blowing holes in the hull.

Just saying.

L


32 posted on 02/12/2020 9:54:00 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: jimmygrace

I don’t agree it was a mistake....so we’d best leave the past where it is...the past.


33 posted on 02/12/2020 9:55:09 AM PST by caww
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To: Lurker

I disagree...they were too busy covering their tracks.


34 posted on 02/12/2020 9:56:48 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

“ they were too busy covering their tracks.”

Not the Vindeman brothers. They had all kinds of time.

L


35 posted on 02/12/2020 9:58:12 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

Ok Lurker...you’ve repeated over and over on this thread your position that Trump failed you when he first took office....... Now how about addressing the current facts happening or at least continue your sulking elsewhere.


36 posted on 02/12/2020 10:01:04 AM PST by caww
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To: caww

Oh, yeah? You’re okay with who he brought in to vet ALL HIRES in Trump’s transition?

https://medium.com/@zanting/ira-greenstein-jared-kushner-s-criminal-deal-with-israel-behind-u-s-873da65223ce

And all the Deep State hires the Kushner team brought in who have undermined Trump for the last three-plus years?

I guess we know where you stand.


37 posted on 02/12/2020 10:06:40 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker


38 posted on 02/12/2020 10:12:35 AM PST by caww
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To: caww


39 posted on 02/12/2020 10:17:17 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: caww

“ you’ve repeated over and over on this thread your position that Trump failed you when he first took office...”

In order to correct failures they must be acknowledged and then analyzed so their aren’t repeated.

“Now how about addressing the current facts happening”

Okay I will. Fire more of them. Today.

“ or at least continue your sulking elsewhere.”

Bite me.

Have a nice day.

L


40 posted on 02/12/2020 10:18:13 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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