Tillerson Relents on Lending His Staff to the White House
- He’d resisted providing staff for National Security Council
- Tiff reflected bigger tug of war on foreign policy decisions
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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, relenting after a months-long feud with the White House that undercut his sway on foreign policy, is lifting a freeze on State Department staff working at the National Security Council.
Under an agreement signed with the NSC, Tillerson will allow as many as 33 State Department employees at a time to work at the White House office for a minimum of one year, down from 47 under the Obama administration, according to people familiar with the decision. Tillerson had blocked new State Department assignments to the council in March until he reached an accord with National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster.