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Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC

By Paul Bedard

Published February 10, 2020 1:14pm ET

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Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC — Former National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified against President Donald Trump during the House impeachment process. He was booted from the NSC last week as have been dozens of others in a bid to cut the size of the bureaucracy.

President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staffs, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council.

Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien have cut 70 positions inherited from former President Barack Obama, who had fattened the staff to 200.

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