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Donald Trump Shuffles National Security Council
Executive measure adds Steve Bannon while removing Director of National Intelligence, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a trio of executive measures on Saturday, including one that shuffles the members of the National Security Council to include his top adviser and strategist Steve Bannon while removing the Director of National Intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Mr. Trump has picked Mike Flynn, a retired lieutenant general, to lead the NSC. Mr. Flynn feuded with the then-head of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence while leading the Defense Intelligence Agency before being removed from the post in 2014. He has also had disagreements with some of Mr. Trump’s cabinet picks and raised concerns within various agencies that he’d consolidate power and decision-making in the council. In addition, Mr. Flynn has raised eyebrows by staffing the NSC with a number of officials with military backgrounds.

Mr. Trump criticized U.S. intelligence agencies on the campaign trail and during his transition to the White House. He concluded that the ODNI, which was formed after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and coordinates work between the government’s 16 intelligence agencies, has become bloated and politicized, The Wall Street Journal reported in early January. Mr. Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to head the agency.