President Trump announced Monday that Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, a well-known strategic thinker who has warned of the risks of shrinking the Army, will be his next national security adviser.
McMaster replaces retired Lt. Gen. Mike Flynn, who was fired a week ago after news broke that he had misled Vice President Mike Pence about his communications with Russian ambassador to the United States Sergey Kislyak before the inauguration.
Making the announcement from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, Trump also revealed that retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg will remain as the chief of staff for the National Security Council.
“That combination is something very, very special,” Trump said of McMaster and Kellogg, who has been acting national security adviser since Flynn’s departure.
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McMaster is a still-serving Army LTG. While he could turn down the WH, it's not as easy as when you're already out of uniform like Harward.
— John Schindler (@20committee) February 20, 2017
Excellent piece by @DavidAFrench on McMaster.https://t.co/TfQ12zctth
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 20, 2017
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