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White House Official Says Trump Aide Gorka Left Administration

© REUTERS / Jonathan ErnstU.S. President Donald Trump departs after his remarks to the American Legion Boys Nation and Auxiliary Girls Nation in the Rose Garden at the White House, U.S. July 26, 2017.
U.S. President Donald Trump departs after his remarks to the American Legion Boys Nation and Auxiliary Girls Nation in the Rose Garden at the White House, U.S. July 26, 2017. - Sputnik International
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Donald Trump’s deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka is no longer works at the White House, a senior official said.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US President Donald Trump’s deputy assistant Sebastian Gorka has not tendered his resignation but no longer works at the White House, a senior official said Friday.

"Sebastian Gorka did not resign, but I can confirm he no longer works at the White House," the official told reporters.

In this April 21, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump poses for a portrait in the Oval Office in Washington after an interview with The Associated Press. - Sputnik International
Senior Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka to Be Booted From the White House
US media have reported that Trump’s aide in charge of national security and counterterrorism had stepped down over divisions in the US administration, specifically over the new policy for Afghanistan.

Before the election, Trump criticized US presence in Afghanistan as a waste of troops and funding but had a change of heart and committed US forces to an open-ended "fight to win" in a foreign policy speech on Monday.

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