CABINET/NATIONAL SECURITY/RUSSIA/TRUMP PEOPLE/MICHAEL FLYNN: “Michael Flynn resigned late Monday as President Trump’s national security advisor, following mounting scrutiny over his conflicting accounts of contacts with a Russian diplomat and his admission that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about the matter.
Flynn’s departure, which came after several days in which Trump conspicuously refused to publicly back him, marked another embarrassing setback for an administration just over three weeks old, on a subject that has for months given pause to both Democrats and Republicans — connections between Trump and Russia.
Trump named retired Gen. Keith Kellogg, who served as a campaign advisor, as acting national security advisor.”
– Michael A. Memoli, “Trump national security advisor Michael Flynn resigns over contacts with Russia,” The Los Angeles Times online, Feb. 13, 2017