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demmiblue

(36,864 posts)
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 02:46 PM Dec 2017

Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House

Source: The Washington Post

Deputy national security adviser Dina Powell, a driving force behind the Trump administration’s Middle East policy, plans to leave the White House as part of an anticipated wave of departures following President Trump’s first year in office, according to four senior administration officials.

Unlike some top White House officials who were fired or resigned amid controversy earlier this year, Powell is exiting on good terms with the president, the officials said. She and Trump have discussed her departure and are working on an arrangement for Powell to continue advising the administration on Middle East policy from outside the government, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Powell’s departure has not yet been publicly announced.

Powell committed to serving in her national security job for a full year and her decision to leave is her own, the officials said. She plans to move home early next year to New York, where her family lives.

National security adviser H.R. McMaster called Powell “one of the most talented and effective leaders with whom I have ever served.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/dina-powell-deputy-national-security-adviser-to-depart-trump-white-house/2017/12/08/85d8c9ea-dc31-11e7-a841-2066faf731ef_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_whexodust-132pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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Dina Powell, deputy national security adviser, to depart Trump White House (Original Post) demmiblue Dec 2017 OP
Another one bites the dust SummerSnow Dec 2017 #1
So Was She One Of The Ones Behind The Moving Of The Embassy In Israel Me. Dec 2017 #2
Or perhaps snowybirdie Dec 2017 #3
Don't Think So Me. Dec 2017 #7
She can make many times her current salary BumRushDaShow Dec 2017 #4
The smart ones leave early PJMcK Dec 2017 #5
"Policy"? WHAT "Middle East Policy"? hatrack Dec 2017 #6
A really big WAR Angry Dragon Dec 2017 #8

Me.

(35,454 posts)
2. So Was She One Of The Ones Behind The Moving Of The Embassy In Israel
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 02:53 PM
Dec 2017

if so, hope the door doesn't hit her......

Me.

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7. Don't Think So
Fri Dec 8, 2017, 03:11 PM
Dec 2017

"Powell is exiting on good terms with the president, the officials said. She and Trump have discussed her departure and are working on an arrangement for Powell to continue advising the administration on Middle East policy from outside the government"

Plus: " a driving force behind the Trump administration’s Middle East policy"

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