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Politicize NSC staffing: purge directorates and return nonessential detailees Day One

Mandate tells the National Security Advisor to eliminate non-aligned directorates, staff mostly with political appointees, return all nonessential agency detailees on day one, and empower politically vetted seniors to drive interagency implementation.

Mandate

Mandate Ch. 2 (Executive Office of the President) — NSC: evaluate and eliminate directorates not aligned with the President’s agenda; accountable seniors should be political appointees or minimum career detailees selected and vetted politically; return all nonessential detailees to home agencies on first day; replace essential detailees ASAP with staff aligned to new priorities; staff vast majority of directorates with aligned political appointees.

Undo plan

1) Rescind Presidential Directives that treat NSC as a political purge-and-replace apparatus. 2) Restore balanced career/political NSC staffing with expertise requirements and dual-hatting limits. 3) Reinstate interagency clearance norms so NSC cannot unilaterally override State/DoD/IC statutory roles. 4) Codify ethics and Hatch Act firewalls for political NSC staff directing agencies. 5) Verify: published NSC staffing composition; IG review of improper detailee removals affecting continuity.

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