White House Defends Putting Bannon on National Security Council
- Executive memo gives aide permanent spot in security meetings
- Chairman of Joint Chiefs, intelligence director may lose clout
Trump Elevates Bannon to National Security Council
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White House officials defended President Donald Trump’s move to give top political strategist Stephen Bannon a permanent spot on the National Security Council while limiting the role of the Director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“We are instilling reforms to make sure that we streamline the process for the president to make decisions on key, important intelligence matters,” White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”