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As expected, White House chief of staff John Kelly - the retired four-star Marine Corps general - will leave his job by ther end of the year; President didn't announce a replacement, though 36-year old Nick Ayres, the chief of staff for VP Pence, is said to be the front-runner
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Two years ago, Trump, then the president-elect, surrounded himself with generals: National Security Advisor McMaster, Homeland Security Sec. Kelly (who soon became CoS) and SecDef Mattis. Only Mattis remains - and he has had problems w/Trump as well
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One by one, Trump is weeding out those w/institutional knowledge and experience - and replacing them with assorted bootlickers who are less likely to tell him what he does not wish to hear. The President places a premium on servility while discounting experience and wisdom ##
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First film screened in the new White House movie theater - this day in 1942 - and it was a good one
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