US deputy national security adviser Dina Powell is set to resign from her post early next year, the White House says.
Powell, a driving force behind President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy, will step down as part of an anticipated wave of departures following Trump’s first year in office.
“Dina Powell has been a key, trusted adviser in this administration,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement on Friday. “She has always planned to serve one year before returning home to New York, where she will continue to support the president’s agenda and work on Middle East policy.”
Powell “will serve in the administration until early next year,” Sanders added.
She has offered advice to Trump about his meetings with foreign leaders. She also planned all of the five trips the president made to other countries as well as his September visit to the UN General Assembly.
In addition, Powell became a…