That was issued on Jan 28, not this past weekend but last weekend.
It also isn't as big of a deal as they are making it out to be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United...curity_Council
From Wikipedia:
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The White House National Security Council (NSC) is the principal forum used by the President of the United States for consideration of national security and foreign policy matters with senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials
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The National Security Council is chaired by the President. Its members are the Vice President (statutory), the Secretary of State (statutory), the Secretary of Defense (statutory), the Secretary of Energy (statutory), the National Security Advisor (non-statutory), and the Secretary of the Treasury (non-statutory).
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the statutory military advisor to the Council, the Director of National Intelligence is the statutory intelligence advisor, and the Director of National Drug Control Policy is the statutory drug control policy advisor. The Chief of Staff to the President, Counsel to the President, and the Assistant to the President for Economic Policy are also regularly invited to attend NSC meetings. The Attorney General, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency are invited to attend meetings pertaining to their responsibilities. The heads of other executive departments and agencies, as well as other senior officials, are invited to attend meetings of the NSC when appropriate.
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So, the President is free to structure the NSC within those confines. If the powers that be did NOT want white house staff at the meetings it would be in the law and it is not.
And no, I am not a Trump fan or a Bannon fan. I am a "TRUTH" fan. I hate the bullshit on both sides.
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