During a news conference at his Florida resort, Trump said that McMaster was “highly respected by everybody in the military” and is “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.”
Flynn resigned last Monday amid allegations that he misled Vice President Mike Pence and other senior officials about his communications with Sergey Kislyak, Russia’s ambassador to the United States.
Another military man who was considered a top contender for the job, Retired Navy Vice Adm. Robert Harward, turned down Trump’s offer last week.
Trump’s acting national security adviser, retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, will remain as the National Security Council’s chief of staff, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said.
Trump added that John Bolton, the former U.N. ambassador whose unyielding view that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction made him a highly polarizing figure under George W. Bush and beyond, would work with his administration in “a somewhat different capacity.”
Trump reportedly considered Bolton to be deputy Secretary of State, though he did not provide additional details on Monday.
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