Bannon’s Out At NSC

May not mean much.

“Steve Bannon removed from National Security Council”

Bannon’s removal from the council comes as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Director of National Intelligence Dan Coates were reinstated to the National Security Council’s principals committee.

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Bloomberg reported Bannon was on the council to provide a sort of check on former National Security Adviser retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn. Flynn was eventually run out of the White House for inaccurately telling Vice President Mike Pence about the nature and frequency of his conversations with the Russian ambassador in the lead up to Trump’s inauguration.

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“Susan Rice operationalized the NSC during the last administration,” Bannon told the Wall Street Journal. “I was put on to ensure that it was de-operationalized. General McMaster has returned the NSC to its proper function.””

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