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WH chief of staff Kelly responds to @realBobWoodward book: “The idea I ever called the President an idiot is not true. As I stated back in May and still firmly stand behind: “I spend more time with the President than anyone else,...
2/ “ ‘ ... and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. He always knows where I stand, and he and I both know this story is total BS. I'm committed to the President, his agenda, and our country...
3/ “...’ This is another pathetic attempt to smear people close to President Trump and distract from the administration’s many successes.’”
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Knowledgeable source tells me that White House forced out Pentagon Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Kevin Sweeney (ret.)
Official title was “Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense.”
Sweeney was going to leave within a couple months, having worked directly for Mattis, but WH forced him out before he wanted to leave, knowledgeable source says.
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Retired four-star Admiral William McRaven, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command from 2011 to 2014 (which included the OBL mission), just issued the following statement to CNN in response to POTUS attacking GEN McChrystal on twitter:

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“Stan McChrystal is one of the great generals of this generation and the finest officer I ever served with. He is a deep strategic thinker, tactically brilliant, with unparalleled personal courage. His leadership of special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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General Kelly on Woodward's book (via WH pool report):

"The idea I ever called the President an idiot is not true."
Also John Kelly (via his 2017 email I obtained through the #FOIA)

DC is a cesspool

Also to John Kelly (after he was tapped as WH chief of staff) from the Director of the Secret Service

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1) The choice to know will hurt you.

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Monday, September 3, 2018.

🇺🇸Happy Labor Day 🇺🇸
2) This is #fakenews but look at these people.

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3) Meryl Streep
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#Breaking badaboum majeur de @NBCNews ...et #déjàvu...Kelly le chief of staff (à la fois directeur et chef de cabinet) de #Trump à la Maison Blanche l'a traité d'idiot en réunion, et dit sauver les #EtatsUnis de lui...nbcnews.com/politics/white…
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3) Le seul exemple venant à l'esprit est Donald Regan, chief of staff de Ronald Reagan (eh oui) entre 1985 et 1987, qui finit par critiquer la santé mentale du patron et demanda à son successeur Howard Baker de vérifier si le 25e amendement section 4 ne s'appliquait pas...#Trump
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