An increasing number of White House staff are turning in their resignation letters as a protest against President Donald Trump inciting a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol Wednesday. Trump’s education and transportation secretaries, his acting chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers and deputy national security adviser are among at least nine senior administration officials who have announced their resignations.
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Originally published on January 8, 2021 4:34 pm
President-elect Joe Biden announced a big slate of key players for his National Security Council, the White House team that will advise him on foreign policy and security issues when he takes office on Jan. 20.
Biden s team includes some familiar names, including Brett McGurk as coordinator for the Middle East. McGurk was a top adviser to President Trump but resigned in 2018 when Trump pulled forces from Syria. He also advised President Barack Obama on Islamic State militants. Earlier in his career, McGurk worked in President George W. Bush s NSC.
Other key members: Amanda Sloat as senior director for Europe, and Juan Gonzalez, returning to the White House to work on Western Hemisphere issues.
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The education secretary, Betsy DeVos, has become the second person in Trump’s cabinet to resign in the wake of the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday by pro-Trump rioters who had been encouraged by the president. Her resignation on Thursday night came after the transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, stood down earlier in the day. In a letter to Trump, DeVos said the attack on the Capitol was unconscionable and blamed Trump’s “rhetoric” for “the.