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More Turmoil at the National Security Council

The NSC’s top official for the Middle East was abruptly dismissed on Thursday.
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

Updated on July 27 at 1:44 p.m. ET

A top Middle East official on the National Security Council was removed from his post on Thursday.

Derek Harvey, a former top adviser to David Petraeus who was brought into the administration by former National-Security Adviser Michael Flynn to serve as the NSC’s senior director for the Middle East, was informed he was being moved off the

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