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US National Security Advisor McMaster to Leave White House

  • U.S. National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster is the latest official to leave the White House.

    U.S. National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster is the latest official to leave the White House. | Photo: Reuters

Published 22 March 2018
Opinion

BREAKING NEWS: Herbert Raymond McMaster is the latest official to leave the White House, due to be replaced by former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

U.S. National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster is the latest official to leave the White House, due to be replaced by former Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton.

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President Donald Trump announced the reshuffle via Twitter on Thursday, making Bolton the third national security advisor to serve in Trump's administration since he took office.

"I am pleased to announce that, effective 4/9/18, @AmbJohnBolton will be my new National Security Advisor," Trump posted. "I am very thankful for the service of General H.R. McMaster who has done an outstanding job & will always remain my friend. There will be an official contact handover on 4/9."

It was not immediately clear whether General McMaster had resigned or been forced out, but a report in the New York Times says McMaster is retiring from the military and has been discussing his departure with Trump for several weeks.

According to White House officials, McMaster decided to speed up his departure in part because questions about his status were marring his conversations with foreign officials.

Bolton, 69, has advocated using military force against Iran and North Korea and has taken a hard line against Russia, Reuters reports.

As the State Department's top arms control official under President George W. Bush, Bolton was a leading advocate of the 2003 invasion of Iraq – later found to have been based on bogus and exaggerated intelligence about President Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and ties to terrorism.

In recent years, as a conservative media commentator, Bolton has advocated hardline positions on stopping Pyongyang from getting nuclear weapons that could threaten the United States. He has also advocated getting rid of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a pact Trump has also heavily criticized.

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