Donald Trump didn’t realize Steve Bannon needs Senate confirmation for National Security Council
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When Donald Trump decided that fake-news publisher and alt-right nazi Steve Bannon would be his White House Chief Strategist, he presumably chose that role so that the overwhelmingly controversial Bannon wouldn’t have to go through Senate confirmation hearings, which would have been a firestorm for the ages. But now that Trump has subsequently also picked Bannon for the National Security Council, it turns out he’ll be unwittingly feeding Bannon to the Senate wolves after all.
http://www.palmerreport.com/opinion/trump-apparently-didnt-realize-steve-bannon-will-need-senate-confirmation-security-council
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[SIZE=+1]Membership of the National Security Council[/SIZE]
The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its statutory members, in addition to the President, are the Vice President and the Secretaries of State and Defense. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is the intelligence advisor. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic policy, and the Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the Council. The Attorney General and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdiction; other officials are invited, as appropriate.
And that's that.
Sorry Cliffy... keep digging!
Bannon isn't the chief of staff, Priebus is. Bannon is the Counselor to the President of the United States.[SIZE=+1]Membership of the National Security Council[/SIZE]
The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its statutory members, in addition to the President, are the Vice President and the Secretaries of State and Defense. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, and the Director of Central Intelligence is the intelligence advisor. The Secretary of the Treasury, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Assistant to the President for Economic policy, and the Chief of Staff to the President are invited to all meetings of the Council. The Attorney General and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy attend meetings pertaining to their jurisdiction; other officials are invited, as appropriate.
And that's that.
Sorry Cliffy... keep digging!
Bannon isn't the chief of staff, Priebus is. Bannon is the Counselor to the President of the United States.
Apparently he does in Smackyworld, where alternative facts rule.Thank you for the correction, Tec. So, does the Counselor to the President get a free pass to sit in on National Security meetings?
Apparently he does in Smackyworld, where alternative facts rule.
Apparently he does in Smackyworld, where alternative facts rule.
Chief Wa-Na-Be is about as clueless as Smacky. I'm not sure either one of them grasps the difference between "on the National Security Council" and "invited to the meetings."Damn...............I was really looking forward to those confirmation hearings.
Apparently he does in Smackyworld, where alternative facts rule.
I would explain, but you wouldn't understand. Here's a hint, though: Obama isn't President.You were saying?