{"id":38965,"date":"2020-05-27T14:10:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38965"},"modified":"2020-05-27T14:10:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-27T18:10:20","slug":"saving-the-taxpayers-money-while-draining-the-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=38965","title":{"rendered":"Saving The Taxpayers Money While Draining The Swamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The New York Post<\/a> reported that National Security Advisor Robert O\u2019Brien has dramatically cut down the size of the National Security Council.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

The job cuts are an attempt to streamline the foreign policy outfit, which ballooned under the Obama administration to almost 240 staffers \u2014 still up from 115 during Condoleezza Rice\u2019s tenure as George W. Bush\u2019s NSA in the early 2000s, a senior White House official said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the end of this summer, the NSC will consist of just 105 staff, the official said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The changes come as O\u2019Brien \u2014 Trump\u2019s fourth national security adviser<\/a> \u2014 tries to remake the forum in his image after replacing fiery predecessor John Bolton, who was ousted last October<\/a> following a high-profile dispute with the president.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Trump reportedly instructed O\u2019Brien to substantially reduce the size of the agency<\/a> shortly after he arrived at the White House \u2014 an effort O\u2019Brien detailed in a Washington Post opinion piece<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the time, the foreign policy operation was at the center of an impeachment inquiry sparked by a whistleblower complaint related to the agency\u2019s work.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnder previous administrations, the NSC more than doubled in size and duplicated many of the functions of DoD, State and the intelligence community,\u201d O\u2019Brien told The Post on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cUnder President Trump, we have brought the NSC back to its proper size and role as a coordinating body,\u201d he continued.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cTo make that happen we require the best leaders, many of whom are women. Our goal is always to find the very best professionals for each job, and I am very proud of the team we have assembled at the NSC to further President Trump\u2019s agenda,\u201d he said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2016, Republicans in both houses of Congress introduced bills that would have slashed the NSC staff to no more than 150 people \u2014 legislation the Obama administration opposed.<\/strong><\/h4>\n
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Created by President Harry Truman in 1947, the NSC is an interagency panel that advises and assists the president on national security and foreign policy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It should also be noted that the President also cut 70 Obama-era holdovers from the National Security Agency in February.<\/p>\n

The deep state is slowly being removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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