The new strategy would largely overturn the focus of the first Trump admin’s 2018 National Defense Strategy, which focused on deterring China. The shift “doesn’t seem aligned with President Trump’s hawkish views on China at all,” a Republican foreign policy expert told me.

SCOOP: In the draft of the new Nat’l Defense Strategy, DOD is proposing the US prioritize protecting the homeland and the Western Hemisphere, a big reversal from a previous China focus, 3 ppl briefed on early versions of the report told @paulmcleary + me.

RT @dave_brown24: Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat @paulmcleary @dlippman @politico.

RT @politico: Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat

RT @POLITICOPro: Trump expected to nominate Lt. Gen. William Hartman to lead NSA, Cyber Command

RT @politico: Trump expected to nominate Lt. Gen. William Hartman to lead NSA, Cyber Command

RT @politico: EXCLUSIVE: Trump is expected to nominate Lt. Gen. William Hartman, the acting leader of both the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command s….

Hartman has the support of top officials at the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense Department, according to one of the people.

SCOOP: President Donald Trump is expected to nominate Lt. Gen. William Hartman, the acting leader of both the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, to formally lead both agencies, two people with knowledge of the matter told me and @magmill95.

SCOOPLET: Kent Knutson is leaving his full-time role as chief gov’t affairs officer at Shein, marking another blow to the e-commerce giant’s DC footprint after the loss of a trade loophole key to its US biz model. He’ll remain an adviser to its exec chair.

SCOOPLET: Mark Leibovich is working on a major Atlantic magazine profile of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her role in this current political moment, two people familiar with the matter told me. He’s been promised extensive access, per one of the ppl.

SCOOP: Sohan Dasgupta was pushed out in recent days as the top political appointee of the development-focused Millennium Challenge Corporation, two people familiar with the matter told me. It’s the second Trump administration job in which he didn’t leave on good terms. In.

SCOOP: Ashley Manning and Jonathan Owen, two of the top cyber and homeland security officials at the Pentagon, recently stepped down from their roles, a defense official told @magmill95 and me. The moves mark the latest shake-ups of cyber-related DOD jobs.

SCOOP: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is weeks late to sign off on this year’s slate of Army Reserve lieutenant colonel promotions. One officer awaiting promotion told me that the delay “has been detrimental to unit readiness and effectiveness.”

RT @felschwartz: Anton was also said to be frustrated with PPO director Sergio Gor shooting down a number of his potential hires and offici….

RT @politico: Top Trump State Department official Michael Anton to depart in the fall

The aide and another source said Anton was also frustrated after being passed over as deputy national security adviser in the reshuffle after the departure of former national security adviser Mike Waltz.

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The aide and another person familiar with the matter said that Anton had been frustrated by PPO Director Sergio Gor shooting down a number of his potential hires and officials with the administration such as Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby freelancing on key issues.