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Exotica

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Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:14 PM Mar 2018

NBC: White House Preparing To Oust McMaster As National Security Adviser

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/nbc-white-house-preparing-to-oust-mcmaster-as-national-security-adviser

The White House is preparing to replace National Security Adivser H.R. McMaster as early as next month, NBC News reported Thursday, citing five unnamed people familiar with the discussions.

The move, according to NBC News, has been orchestrated by White House chief of staff John Kelly and Defense Secretary James Mattis.

CNN reported last week, citing a half dozen unnamed administration and defense officials, that McMaster was considering options to return to the military.

McMaster became national security adviser after Michael Flynn’s ouster. Flynn was pushed out after reports revealed that he had spoken with Russia’s ambassador to the United States about sanctions before Trump took office and lied about the conversations to other senior administration officials. Since then, Flynn has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about those conversations, and he is cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe.

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NBC: White House Preparing To Oust McMaster As National Security Adviser (Original Post) Exotica Mar 2018 OP
McMaster is on the way out rumors have been wrong before. nycbos Mar 2018 #1
holy hell the turnover at that place! the breeze hasn't died down from the last exit! unblock Mar 2018 #2
Reasonably competent and not a security risk YessirAtsaFact Mar 2018 #3
That has to be it, if the person in question isnt or cant be controlled by Putin, they have to go Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #4

Eliot Rosewater

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4. That has to be it, if the person in question isnt or cant be controlled by Putin, they have to go
Thu Mar 1, 2018, 06:26 PM
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