WASHINGTON \u2014 In his six months as Homeland Security secretary, John F. Kelly often described the White House as one of the most dysfunctional organizations he had ever seen, complained to colleagues and allies about its meddling, incompetence and recklessness, and was once so angry he briefly considered quitting.<\/p>\n
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\nNow as President Trump\u2019s chief of staff, he is doing something about it \u2014 with a suddenness and force that have upended the West Wing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Mr. Kelly cuts off rambling advisers midsentence. He listens in on conversations between cabinet secretaries and the president. He has booted lingering staff members out of high-level meetings, and ordered the doors of the Oval Office closed to discourage strays.\u00a0He fired Anthony Scaramucci, the bombastic New Yorker who was briefly the communications director, and has demanded that even Mr. Trump\u2019s family, including his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, check with him if they want face time with the president. On Wednesday, his third day on the job, he delivered a message about respecting chains of command, backing the decision of Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, the national security adviser, to\u00a0dismiss Ezra Cohen-Watnick, a Kushner ally and staff member on the National Security Council. It was a move Mr. Kushner and Stephen K. Bannon, the president\u2019s chief strategist, had long opposed, according to two administration officials.<\/p>\n
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