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The center was the target of several investigations, some professional and some political. In February 2017, [[Miami Herald]] published an article on former CHDS Dean [[Craig Deare]], who had been appointed by [[General Michael Flynn]] to be the Western Hemisphere chief for the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]. The article alleged that Deare had "a checkered record of support for and involvement with some of the Western Hemisphere’s most notorious human rights abusers." It also mentioned the Senate Armed Services Committee Chair [[Carl Levin]]'s (D) request for a Department of Defense inspector general's investigation that included questions about what role the U.S. Southern Command's William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies may have played in the 2009 military coup in Honduras.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=White House confirms adviser reassigned after disagreeing with Trump {{!}} CNN Politics |date=2017-02-20 |website= | The center was the target of several investigations, some professional and some political. In February 2017, [[Miami Herald]] published an article on former CHDS Dean [[Craig Deare]], who had been appointed by [[General Michael Flynn]] to be the Western Hemisphere chief for the [[United States National Security Council|National Security Council]]. The article alleged that Deare had "a checkered record of support for and involvement with some of the Western Hemisphere’s most notorious human rights abusers." It also mentioned the Senate Armed Services Committee Chair [[Carl Levin]]'s (D) request for a Department of Defense inspector general's investigation that included questions about what role the U.S. Southern Command's William Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies may have played in the 2009 military coup in Honduras.<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=White House confirms adviser reassigned after disagreeing with Trump {{!}} CNN Politics |date=2017-02-20 |website=CNN |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419215037/https://www.cnn.com/2017/02/19/politics/craig-deare-white-house-trump/ |archive-date=2023-04-19 |url-status=live |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/19/politics/craig-deare-white-house-trump/}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web| url = http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1686188-investigation.html#document/p1| title = DocumentCloud}}</ref> | ||
<ref name="auto3">{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28700829 | title=Band of Brothers: The Whistleblower Remix | last1=Andersen | first1=Martin E. | last2=MacLean | first2=Robert J. }}</ref> It added that the probe of CHDS included the question of whether the Center "still bore vestiges of the old [[School of the Americas]], the U.S. program that trained Latin America military officers, many of whom then went on to be brutal dictators in their home countries."<ref>{{cite news| title=Craig Deare’s ‘ethical and moral flaws’ make him unfit for NSC job. He should follow Flynn out the door|work=Miami Herald | date=15 February 2017 | url=https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article132999944.html | access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> A day after its publication in the Herald, Deare offered a controversial analysis of Trump Administration policies and the role of key First Family figures during a supposedly "off-the-record" talk before a score of Beltway "insider" invitees at the [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]. Following media coverage of Deare's reported criticism of the Trump policies, allegedly 'awkward' comments about Ivanka Trump's good looks, and the Miami Herald article, Deare was unceremoniously shown the door at the NSC the day after his appearance at the Wilson Center.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clarin.com/mundo/echan-ee-uu-unico-funcionario-designado-america-latina_0_rJB0BWYKg.html | title=Echan en EE.UU. Al único funcionario designado para América latina | date=20 February 2017 }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> | <ref name="auto3">{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/28700829 | title=Band of Brothers: The Whistleblower Remix | last1=Andersen | first1=Martin E. | last2=MacLean | first2=Robert J. }}</ref> It added that the probe of CHDS included the question of whether the Center "still bore vestiges of the old [[School of the Americas]], the U.S. program that trained Latin America military officers, many of whom then went on to be brutal dictators in their home countries."<ref>{{cite news| title=Craig Deare’s ‘ethical and moral flaws’ make him unfit for NSC job. He should follow Flynn out the door|work=Miami Herald | date=15 February 2017 | url=https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article132999944.html | access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> A day after its publication in the Herald, Deare offered a controversial analysis of Trump Administration policies and the role of key First Family figures during a supposedly "off-the-record" talk before a score of Beltway "insider" invitees at the [[Woodrow Wilson Center]]. Following media coverage of Deare's reported criticism of the Trump policies, allegedly 'awkward' comments about Ivanka Trump's good looks, and the Miami Herald article, Deare was unceremoniously shown the door at the NSC the day after his appearance at the Wilson Center.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.clarin.com/mundo/echan-ee-uu-unico-funcionario-designado-america-latina_0_rJB0BWYKg.html | title=Echan en EE.UU. Al único funcionario designado para América latina | date=20 February 2017 }}</ref><ref name="auto"/> | ||