The White House is beginning to rebuild the National Security Council With AIDS, the senior officials believe they are firmly aligned with President Trump’s agenda after six people were expelled earlier this month, multiple sources familiar with the matter to CBS News said.
Derek Harvey, a military intelligence analyst and retired colonel from the US Army, will be appointed, will be appointed senior intelligence director, according to the sources.
“Always, we are letting people go,” Trump told journalists about the shooting of assistants to Mike Waltz National Security Advisor Following the Chat controversy of the signal group. “People who do not like, or people who do not believe they can do the job, or the people who can have loyalties to another person.”
Havy would replace Brian Walsh, who was among the four senior directors that was placed on April 3. In total, six assistants were expelled.
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Lieutenant retired colonel Michael Jensen, veteran of the Air Force, is also likely to join the NSC, said one of the sources. Jensen was nominated in February for a work of the superior pentagon as Undersecretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflicts. The senior officials have recently discussed to take advantage of Waltz’s senior director for Western Hemisphere Affairs.
That position does not have the leg.
Harvey was forced to leave the NSC consisting of Trump’s first mandate by thenNATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HR MCMASTER On a difference in vision. Harvey supervised the affairs of Middle East at that time.
Later, Harvey worked as a congress assistant for former Devin Nunes representative, then the best Republican in the Chamber Intelligence Committee.
The Democrats of the House of Representatives published telephone messages Harvey involved Duration The first political trial of Mr. Trump who focused on the alleged plan to promote his political perspectives by ensuring that Ukraine initiates investigations on his probable political challenger in 2020, the then vice president of Formator Joe Biden.
Harvey was a Trump vocal defender during political trial investigations.