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Mike Waltz To Exit As Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser, Will Be Nominated As UN Ambassador — Updated


Trump is expected to make his first major staff shake up.

Michael WaltzPhoto by Win McNamee/Getty Images Waltz was at the center of so-called Signal Gate, in which he inadvertently added The Atlantic’s editor Jeffrey Goldberg to a group chat in which top Trump administration officials discussed a planned attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared the attack plans with the group a couple hours before they were carried out. In his first term, Trump went through a succession of national security advisers, including Michael Flynn, who stepped down after less than a month, followed by H.R.

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