The latest White House departure is Michael Anton, spokesman for the National Security Council

Michael Anton.
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Michael Anton announced Sunday that he is leaving his position as National Security Council spokesman to work at Hillsdale College's Kirby Center as a writer and lecturer.

"I will be forever grateful to President Trump for the opportunity to serve my country and implement his agenda," he said. One of the more outspoken conservative intellectuals who defended Trump during his campaign, Anton was brought aboard by former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Flynn's replacement, H.R. McMaster, left the White House on Friday, and Trump's third national security adviser, John Bolton, starts Monday.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.