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   NBC'S HALLIE JACKSON         
   HAS IT ALL COVERED.          
   >> THANK YOU VERY            

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   MUCH.                        
   >> Reporter: THE             
   PRESIDENT'S INNER            

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   CIRCLE TODAY IN A            
   SINGLE FILE LINE WITH        
   THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION.       

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   CHIEF STRATEGIST STEVE       
   BANNON AT EVERY OTHER        
   PRESS CONFERENCE SO          

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   FAR.                         
   A SOURCE FAMILIAR SAYS       
   BANNON WAS WORKING ON        

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   HEALTH CARE BUT THE NO       
   SHOW CAME HOURS AFTER        
   HE WAS OUSTED FROM THE       

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   NATIONAL SECURITY            
   COUNSEL.                     
   >> STEVE BANNON RAISED       

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   EYEBROWS AT FIRST            
   BECAUSE YOU DON'T PUT        
   POLITICAL PEOPLE ON          

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   THE SECURITY                 
   COMMITTEE.                   
   TOO SOON TO TELL IF          

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   HE'S LOSING INFLUENCE.       
   >> Reporter: THE VICE        
   PRESIDENT INSISTING          

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   IT'S NOT A DEMOTION.         
   >> THIS IS JUST A            
   NATURAL EVOLUTION TO         

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   ENSURE THE NATIONAL          
   SECURITY COUNSEL IS          
   ORGANIZED IN A WAY           

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   THAT BEST SERVES THE         
   PRESIDENT.                   
   >> Reporter: THE MOVE,       

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   WINNING BIPARTISAN           
   SUPPORT.                     
   >> I'D BE VERY PLEASED       

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   THAT HE'S NOT ON THE         
   NATIONAL SECURITY            
   COUNSEL.                     

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   MY HOPE IS THAT HE           
   WOULD HAVE NO ROLE IN        
   GOVERNMENT AT ALL.           

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   >> Reporter: THAT'S          
   NOT HAPPENING.               
   WHILE BANNON IS IS NOT       

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   ON THE NSC ANYMORE, HE       
   CAN ATTEND MEETINGS          
   AND HAS ONE OF THE           

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   HIGHEST SECURITY             
   CLEARANCES IN THE WEST       
   WING.                        

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   BANNON WAS PUT ON THE        
   COMMITTEE AS A CHECK         
   AGAINST MICHAEL FLYNN,       

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   THE DISMISSED NATIONAL       
   SECURITY ADVISOR.            
   HIS ROLE TO BREAK DOWN       

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   THE OBAMA ERA                
   STRUCTURE INSIDE THAT        
   NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM       

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   LED AT THE TIME BY           
   SUSAN RICE.                  
   SHE'S IN THE                 

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   PRESIDENT'S CROSS            
   HAIRS NOW AS HE              
   ACCUSES RICE WITH NO         

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   EVIDENCE OF COMMITTING       
   A CRIME BY REQUESTING        
   THE NAMES OF PEOPLE          

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   CONNECTED BY THE TRUMP       
   TEAM BE UNMASKED.            
   >> THERE IS SIMPLY           

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   NOTHING WRONG, ILLEGAL       
   ABOUT DOING THAT.            
   WHAT WOULD BE WRONG          

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   AND ILLEGAL IS IF SHE        
   TOOK THAT NAME AND           
   THEN, YOU KNOW,              

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   E-MAILED IT TO THE           
   PRESS.                       
   >> I LEAKED NOTHING TO       

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   NOBODY.                      
   >> Reporter: THE             
   PRESIDENT, YET AGAIN,        

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   MAKING AN                    
   UNSUBSTANTIATED              
   SURVEILLANCE CLAIM           

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   TELLING "THE NEW YORK        
   TIMES" IT'S QUOTE ONE        
   OF THE BIG STORIES OF        

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   OUR TIME.                    
   PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS         
   HE WILL EXPLAIN HIS          

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   CLAIM AT THE RIGHT           
   TIME, SUSAN RICE