Miller Reshapes White House Operations in First Week as Chief of Staff, Devolving Communications Authority to Cabinet and Breaking With Predecessor Wiles
Stephen Miller, who took over as White House chief of staff on Nov. 9, moved swiftly in his first week to reshape White House operations, surprising White House officials with the scale of the changes. According to CNN on Nov. 14, Miller issued two memos after taking office, empowering Cabinet secretaries while curbing lobbyists' influence, and ordered that White House meetings with lobbyists require prior approval. He also rescinded a rule from his predecessor, Susie Wiles, under which all government public appearances and announcements required prior approval from the West Wing; Cabinet leaders may now decide their own public messaging. Miller also plans to adjust the White House communications strategy so Cabinet secretaries speak directly on their own issues rather than routing everything through a unified White House message. Miller has not yet held an all-staff meeting because personnel changes are still underway. Sources said Miller intends to break with Wiles-era practices in response to criticism from the "Make America Great Again" camp after the midterm election losses, and to accelerate the agenda in the final two years of Trump's term. Within hours of Miller taking office, the White House had already blocked an impeachment effort against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
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Source: CNN
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