The dismissals, part of a plan to sharply downsize the National Security Council, follow President Donald Trump’s recent ouster of his national security adviser.

The Trump administration placed a dramatic number of National Security Council staffers on administrative leave Friday as part of an agency overhaul, multiple outlets reported. The house-cleaning was reportedly overseen by Secretary of State Marco Rubio,

The Trump administration reportedly dismissed a handful of staffers at the National Security Council (NSC) on Friday, according to The Washington Post. Since January, President Donald Trump’s second administration has been shaking up Washington,