White House Chief of Staff Orders Security Clearance Overhaul
- Proposes limiting length of interim clearances for aides
- Follows uproar over Porter domestic violence allegations
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White House Chief of Staff John Kelly ordered an overhaul of how security clearances are handled following a storm of controversy after former staff secretary Rob Porter was allowed to remain in his job for months despite allegations of domestic abuse.
"We should -- and in the future, must -- do better," Kelly wrote in the five-page document, released by the White House on Friday, outlining his proposed changes to the clearance process.