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Trump Meets 4 National Security Adviser Candidates

posted onFebruary 20, 2017

Article snippet: Photo President Trump boarding Air Force One after a rally on Saturday in Melbourne, Fla. He has been searching for a replacement for Michael T. Flynn, who resigned last week at the president’s request. Credit Al Drago/The New York Times PALM BEACH, Fla. — The sweepstakes for national security adviser expanded on Sunday as President Trump met with four candidates for the job but signaled that he may yet bring more to Florida for interviews.Mr. Trump has been searching for a replacement for Michael T. Flynn, his first national security adviser, who resigned last week at the president’s request because he had misled Vice President Mike Pence and others about a phone call with Russia’s ambassador.The president’s first choice to succeed Mr. Flynn turned down the job, so the White House arranged for four other contenders to fly to his resort, Mar-a-Lago. Mr. Trump met with John R. Bolton, a former ambassador to the United Nations; Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, a top Army strategist; Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr., superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point; and Keith Kellogg, a retired three-star general serving as acting national security adviser.But Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman, said that was not the complete field. “We may have some additional names and meetings” on Monday, she said. She added that Mr. Trump might also summon back one or more of the four he talked with on Sunday for ... Link to the full article to read more

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