Ex-Obama Aide Says Biden Should Fire Jake Sullivan

Former Obama adviser Brett Bruen writes in USA Today that President Biden should fire National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan in light of the Taliban unexpectedly quick takeover of Afghanistan.

Said Bruen: “The national security adviser has two jobs. As the name suggests, they are the last and ideally closest counselor to the president in the Situation Room. Their second duty is to translate the commander in chief’s decisions and direction into practical policies. Sometimes that requires speaking truth to power. On all of these scores the current occupant of the office appears to have failed.”