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H.R. McMaster Cleans House at the National Security Council

The national-security adviser removed Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for intelligence, in his latest move to assert control of the office he leads.
Source: Joshua Roberts / Reuters

The National Security Council’s controversial senior director for intelligence programs has been removed from his position, sources say, in the latest sign that National-Security Adviser H.R. McMaster is asserting control over the office he runs.

Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a 31-year-old former Defense Intelligence Agency officer who was brought in to the administration by former National-Security Adviser

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