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Thursday, January 02, 2020

NSC chief slashing Obama's 'bloated' staff to create efficient, tight-lipped White House operation

The White House National Security Council staff is being downsized sharply in a bid to improve efficiency within the policy coordinating body by consolidating positions and cutting staff.

A second, unspoken thrust of the overhaul is a hoped-for end to what many critics see as a string of politically damaging, unauthorized disclosures of sensitive information. Leaks of President Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders and other damaging disclosures likely originated with anti-Trump officials in the White House who stayed over from the Obama administration, according to several current and former White House officials.

White House National Security Adviser Robert C. O’Brien is leading the NSC reform effort. He revealed in a recent interview with The Washington Times that 40 to 45 NSC staff officials were sent back in recent months to the agencies where they originally worked, with more likely to be moved out.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why didn't those that overlapped duties be let go. Industry does
it all the time. Just ask a Bank employee during a merger. Fire all Obama leftovers.

Anonymous said...

Drain the swamp!

Anonymous said...

Should have cleaned house on his first day. Anything Obama should have been out the door. That would have drained a majority of the swamp.