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Top Counterterrorism Official Michael Leiter Stepping Down

Top counterterrorism official Michael Leiter is stepping down, as the Obama administration crafts a new counterterrorism strategy. A senior counterterrorism official confirmed to Fox News that Michael Leiter, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is leaving. There is no "short list" of possible replacements, but White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan is expected to "heavily influence" the search for a new director, the official said. The change-up comes as the president coordinates a broad reshuffling of his military team, and as he develops a counterterror strategy that is still expected to focus on Al Qaeda and its affiliates. The senior official said the strategy had to be "slightly adjusted" to factor in the death of Usama bin Laden . The official said the strategy will focus "regionally on threats and groups" under the overarching goal of "protecting the homeland." The strategy is partly an outcome of the interagency shakeup Leiter presided over, after the 2...

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