Article snippet: National Security Council spokesman Michael Anton is leaving the administration, a senior White House official confirmed to The Hill on Sunday evening. It is the latest move in a wide-ranging shakeup of MORE’s national security and foreign policy teams. The official said that Trump had called Anton on Sunday and thanked him for his service. The president expressed personal regard for Anton and said he would be missed. The news of Anton’s departure was first reported by Politico, which stated that he would join Hillsdale College’s Kirby Center as a writer and lecturer. Anton’s exit comes soon after national security adviser H.R. McMaster departed. McMaster is being replaced by John Bolton, who served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations under President George W. Bush. Secretary of State MORE nominated by Trump as his replacement. Gina Haspel, currently the deputy director of the CIA, has been nominated to take the top job at the agency. Anton has been a frequent presence on television defending the administration’s foreign policy stances, occasionally clashing with cable news anchors in trenchant terms. Anton’s backers, and even some of his detractors, respect his intellectual capabilities. A February 2017 story in the Weekly Standard described him as “a fast-talking 47-year-old intellectual who, unlike most of his colleagues, can readily quote Roman histories and Renaissance thinkers.” He came to prominence within Trump circles by an unusual route. During t... Link to the full article to read more