Trump administration removes experts from Defense Policy Board

Several high profile members of the Defense Policy Board
were removed on Wednesday by the Trump administration, in
yet another purge of longstanding foreign policy experts and
national security establishment figures in the final days of
the Trump era, according to three defense officials.

Members who were suddenly removed include former Secretaries
of State Madeleine Albright and Henry Kissinger, former
ranking member of the House Intelligence committee Jane
Harman and former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, two of
the officials said.

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“The directive, which the Pentagon’s White House liaison
Joshua Whitehouse sent on Wednesday afternoon, removes 11
high-profile advisors from the Defense Policy Board,
including former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and
Madeleine Albright; retired Adm. Gary Roughead, who served
as chief of naval operations; and a onetime ranking member
of the House Intelligence Committee, Jane Harman. Rudy De
Leon, a former chief operating officer at the Pentagon once
considered by then-Defense Secretary James Mattis for a
high-level policy role, will also be ousted."

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