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In reply to the discussion: via Daily Kos: Trump Has Illegally Bypassed Senate Consent on Bannon Appointment to NSC [View all]TomVilmer
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"UPDATE: ... An important and overlooked detail in the coverage of this story is that Steve Bannon has not actually been added as a member of the National Security Council, even though some outlets are reporting it that way.
Bannon has been given a permanent invitation on the principals committee, a subgroup of the NSC, while the permanent invitations of the DNI and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to sit in with the principals committee have been withdrawn.
Its a distinction that apparently confuses even John McCain. ... This is still an outrageous move and I still believe there needs to be pressure on Congress to minimize Bannons ideological influence in the principals committee and restore the permanent invitations of the DNI and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff."