TRUMP PEOPLE/STEVE BANNON: "Trump named one of his senior political counselors, Stephen K. Bannon, to a seat on the council’s principals committee. The president also limited the attendance of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the director of national intelligence to an as-needed basis at the panel’s meetings."
– “Travel ban is the clearest sign yet of Trump advisors’ intent to reshape the country,” The Los Angeles Times online, Jan 29, 2017, Brian Bennett, 1/29/2017