Under Pres. George H.W. Bush, the Nat’l Security Council staff consisted of 50 people.

By Obama, it had ballooned to nearly 200.

Dumping Vindman is but one important step to reduce the NSC bloat and, along with it, the partisans who’ve come to believe they run the republic. https://t.co/JErL0DNw1l

— BDW (@BryanDeanWright) February 7, 2020