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Week of reckoning on White House aides' access to secrets

WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a week of reckoning for White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and dozens of other officials who have been working without permanent security clearances for the better part of a year.

Those who have been operating with interim access to top secret information since before June are set to see that access halted Friday under a new policy enacted last week by chief of staff John Kelly.

The White House says "nothing that has taken place will affect the valuable work that Jared is doing," but won't explain why.

Other officials won't be so lucky. Some are expected to depart, and others who stay on the job will see their access to some of the nation's secrets curtailed.

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