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Donald Trump replaces H.R. McMaster with John Bolton as national security adviser

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is replacing national security adviser H.R. McMaster with John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Trump tweets that McMaster has done “an outstanding job & will always remain my friend.” He says Bolton will take over April 9. Trump has repeatedly clashed with McMaster, a respected […]

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Donald Trump reorganizes National Security Council, takes Bannon off

President Donald Trump reorganized his National Security Council on Wednesday, removing his chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, and downgrading the role of his Homeland Security Adviser, Tom Bossert, according to a person familiar with the decision and a regulatory filing. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was given responsibility for setting the agenda for meetings of the […]

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Senate committee OKs Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

WASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster’s shift to the White House to be President Donald Trump’s national security adviser. The 23-2 vote came after McMaster met with committee members for nearly two hours behind closed doors to discuss his move from a military assignment to […]

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Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is a soldier-scholar

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has chosen as his national security adviser a soldier-scholar who fought in both Iraq wars and wrote an influential book that called out the U.S. government for “lies” that led to the Vietnam War. Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster would remain on active military duty while leading the National Security […]

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Donald Trump taps Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

President Donald Trump, right, listens as Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, left, talks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, Feb. 20, 2017, where Trump announced that McMaster will be the new national security adviser.Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump makes the announcement at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm […]