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jmg257

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5. Can't he just make him an executive secretary of the NSC then? Or 'staff"?

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Jan 31, 2017, 09:41 AM

Jan 2017

(c) Executive secretary; appointment; staff employees
The Council shall have a staff to be headed by a civilian executive secretary who shall be appointed by the President. The executive secretary, subject to the direction of the Council, is authorized, subject to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Council in connection with the performance of its functions.

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Traitor Trump didn't realize Steve Bannon needs Senate confirmation for NSC [View all] kpete Jan 2017 OP

This is gonna be good C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #1

Well, he is feckless. DK504 Jan 2017 #24

I'd buy tickets jehop61 Jan 2017 #2

I'm not holding my breath PJMcK Jan 2017 #3

You speak for many of us world wide wally Jan 2017 #10

Agree. All those things we thought were going to explode in Trump's face have fizzled. Fla Dem Jan 2017 #20

Then Dem senators need to make it happen, but how? NT Ilsa Jan 2017 #4

Can't he just make him an executive secretary of the NSC then? Or 'staff"? jmg257 Jan 2017 #5

Yes. He wouldn't be a member, Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #8

He wasn't name a "member" -- he was named an invitee and does not require confirmation onenote Jan 2017 #21

I had thought I had heard the same thing, PRETZEL Jan 2017 #28

Trump doesn't care. Else You Are Mad Jan 2017 #6

Bannon first has to be a secretary or under secretary. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #7

the Idiot doesn't care onetexan Jan 2017 #11

I know the idiot doesn't care. I'm just astounded at the challenge our side has Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #14

He was simply named an invitee, not a member. No confirmation necessary. onenote Jan 2017 #22

That is a new description. Ms. Toad Jan 2017 #23

Here is the official document onenote Jan 2017 #29

That makes sense, I think nt PRETZEL Jan 2017 #30

Trump's directive follows, in many respects, the wording of the Obama NSC directive onenote Jan 2017 #33

not an issue AlexSFCA Jan 2017 #9

After public hearings that will expose him to many who don't know his background. Good. nt pnwmom Jan 2017 #12

Who will enforce this?? SHRED Jan 2017 #13

The Germans have an appropriate saying for situations like this DFW Jan 2017 #16

Not true - like much in the Palmer Report. It's just clickbait. ehrnst Jan 2017 #15

Thanks for the link to a right-wing fake news site Blecht Jan 2017 #19

Here's the direct tweet to Laurence Tribe's tweet ehrnst Jan 2017 #25

twitchy is trash n/t librechik Jan 2017 #27

They have an abundant supply of rubber stamps in Congress world wide wally Jan 2017 #17

Unfortunately, Alter was wrong. onenote Jan 2017 #18

Do you have the text of the EO? rzemanfl Jan 2017 #34

Yes. And also the parallel one issued by Obama in 2009. onenote Jan 2017 #35

I read the stuff and agree. n/t rzemanfl Jan 2017 #36

Wouldn't he have to pass top secret clearance as well? Equinox Moon Jan 2017 #26

He doesn't oberliner Jan 2017 #31

Or more likely, Bannon didn't realize it. subterranean Jan 2017 #32