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President Donald Trump has abruptly fired the director of the National Security Agency, according to U.S. officials and members of Congress, but the White House and the Pentagon have provided no reaso...
From The Associated Press
The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, was removed from his job on Thursday, according to the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committe...
From The New York Times
"I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first — I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this...
From CBS News

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