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CBS News Major Garrett has confirmed that Deputy Assistant to the President,Sebastian Gorka, has left his post in the Trump administration, according to a source with direct knowledge of the situation.The departure, first reported by The Federalist, cited multiple sources familiar with the situation as saying that Gorka had expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the administration in a letter to the president, and that he had resigned. On Friday evening, a White House official said that Gorka, who served as an adviser on national security, had not resigned but confirmed that he no longer works at the White House.Gorka said on Breitbart Radio Saturday he will be working with Steve Bannon, Mr. Trump s former chief strategist, and the team at Breitbart. Before joining the Trump White House, Gorka had worked as a national security editor at Breitbart News. Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will Make America Great Again, have been intern vaso stanley ally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months, The Federalist reported Gorka s letter said.The letter went on to cite Mr. Trump s recent speech on strategy in the war in Afghanistan as a final sticking point in his ability to stay on any longer in the Trump White House. The fact that those wh stanley uk o drafted and approved the speech remov stanley water bottle ed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism p Ehga Kamala Harris says her first priority as president is to stop this pain resulting from abortion bans
The Don t Ask, Don t Tell repeal has signs of life again, now that the House has passed a standalone bill to repeal the policy. Outgoing House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer D-Md. and Rep. Patrick Murphy D-Penn. introduced the bill Tuesday, and the measure s success puts new pressure on the Senate to take up a repeal bill introduced by Sen. Joe Lieberman I-Conn. and Sen. Susan Collins R-Maine . Congressman Murphy, also a veteran of the Iraq War, told CBS News political analyst John Dickerson on Wednesday s Washington Unplugged, The reason that we need to act, the sense of urgency is because our country is fighting two wars right now. And that our troops, who are in harm s way, are stretched so thin, and it makes no sense why we are throwing out able-bodied men and women because they happen to be gay. stanley cup Last week, the Senate failed to pass a defense authorization bill that included a repeal of Don t Ask, Don t Tell. Mur stanley quencher phy told Dickerson that he will be working with both Lieberman and Collins to get the repeal into final passage. We are coordinating our team and their team to make sure this is passed, he said. And we have had great momentum over in the Sen stanley cup ate, with Republican Senators who in the last few days after the [Pentagon s DADT] report came out, that are now in favor of repealing Don t Ask, Don t Tell because it is for national security. Watch Wednesday s Washington Unplugged above, also featuring managing edi