6/20/2018

NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The Trump administration’s top nuclear expert involved in talks on ending North Korea’s nuclear weapons programs is leaving the White House as part of a regular rotation, three senior administration officials said on Wednesday [6-20-18]. The expert, Andrea Hall, has already been replaced by Julie Bentz as acting senior director of the Weapons of Mass Destruction directorate at the National Security Council (NSC), another U.S. official said. Bentz has a doctorate in nuclear engineering, and has served three times previously on the National Security Council dealing with nuclear policy, the official said. Hall did not immediately respond to a request for comment.”

-Reuters Staff, “U.S. nuclear expert departs White House in ‘regular rotation’: officials,” Reuters, June 20, 2018 3:36 pm