In order to provide a solid framework for the transition, President Bush and National Security Council Advisor Stephen J. Hadley began early preparations for the power changeover, no matter who won the election. Under the leadership of the President-elect Obama and General James L. Jones Jr., ...
"In national security, 10,000 successes equals one failure," said Jeh Johnson, who was chief counsel to the secretary of defense and homeland security secretary under President Obama. "We're responsible for catching it all. And many days in homeland security, whether you're talking about a t...
3:16 Trump removes Steve Bannon from the National Security CouncilBannon, who will remain the chief political strategist, was replaced by key members who worked under President Obama. -- Steve Bannon, the controversial senior counselor to President Trump, was removed from his rol...
national security council under president Barack Obama, said in an interview Thursday. Article content First Reading Your guide to the world of Canadian politics. (Subscriber exclusive on Saturdays) Sign Up By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network ...
Although the new White House has promised to pare back the NSC, which under Obama grew far too large to be effective, virtually everything else Team Trump has done there is unwelcome. The new boss isMike Flynn, the retired Army three-star general who was fired by President Obama for his...
Ned Price, a National Security Council spokesman under Obama, described the doctor as “the guy you always want to be around” because he’s affable and funny. But Price said it was difficult to believe the nomination was unrelated to the “glowing assessment” of Trump’s health that the ...
Clapper lied about National Security Agency spying on the American people. He lied again in covering for President Obama's false assertion that North Korea does not have nuclear missiles -- during the crisis over North Korea's threatened nuclear missile strikes in 2013 -- belittling the Defense...
"His influence spanned several decades, and I was one of several Presidents who benefited from his wisdom and counsel," Obama said in a statement. "You always knew where Zbig stood, and his ideas and advocacy helped shape decades of American national security policy." ...
Several months ago, President Obama appointed Dalia Mogahed, a “devout Muslim,” to his Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. She quickly came under fire for appearing in a telephone interview on a London-based Muslim television station, whose host is a member of an extreme Isla...
Others to make the list include James Clapper, who was Director of National Intelligence under former President Barack Obama; and Michael Hayden, a retired Air Force 4-star general, former director of the CIA and director of the National Security Agency. ...