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Network Take: Trump Shakes Up the NSC, Removes Bannon

Posted: April 5th, 2017

President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council (NSC) on Wednesday. In a surprise move, chief strategist Stephen Bannon has been removed from the council, according to a Federal Register. The former roles of top intelligence and defense officials have been restored – including National Intelligence director Dan Coats and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Joseph Dunford, who will again be considered “regular attendees” of the NSC Principals Committee, as they were in the Obama Administration.

The Energy Secretary, CIA director, and UN Ambassador will also be on the Principals Committee under Wednesday’s reorganization.

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