WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy of Florida introduced a bill Wednesday in the U.S. House that would require President Donald Trump to depoliticize the National Security Council.
Murphy said in a news release that the bill was filed in response to Trump’s recent national security directive on NSC structure that permanently added his chief political strategist, Steve Bannon, to the council and downgraded the roles of the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
“The security of the American people should be more important than partisan politics,” said Murphy. "As a former national security specialist at the Department of Defense and a current member of the House Armed Services Committee, I can tell you the last place partisan politics belongs is in national security.
"It is reasonable and commonplace for presidents to decide who attends security meetings, but I strongly believe the director of national intelligence and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff should have a standing invitation to attend all Principals Committee meetings, given their importance to national security and expertise. My bill will help depoliticize national security so that we never jeopardize the safety and security of the American people.”
Read the full news release here.
RT if you support my bill that would require @POTUS to depoliticize the National Security Council and put national security first. #FL07
— Rep. Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) February 2, 2017
Today I introduced a bill that will instruct @POTUS to keep partisan politics out of Natl Sec & off the NSC. More: https://t.co/tMk9dJsur8
— Rep. Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) February 1, 2017
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