Donald Trump Offers Michael Flynn Role as National Security Adviser Gen. Flynn previously served as director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and has advised Trump on national security issues By Paul Sonne and Michael C. Bender
http://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-flynn-offered-role-as-donald-trumps-national-security-adviser-1479442042
President-elect Donald Trump has offered the job of national security adviser to retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, people familiar with the process said Thursday, a move that would elevate a longtime top intelligence officer who became known for criticizing the country’s counter-terrorism policies from inside the military.
If he accepts Mr. Trump’s offer, Gen. Flynn will become the third person named to the president-elect’s administration, alongside Steve Bannon, selected earlier this week as chief strategist, and Reince Priebus, named chief of staff.
All three are White House appointments that don’t require Senate confirmation. As national security adviser, Gen. Flynn would counsel the president while also overseeing a White House staff of specialists who help formulate policies that are instituted across U.S. security and foreign policy agencies. Though he had been floated as a possible secretary of defense, Gen. Flynn would have required a waiver from Congress to serve in that post, because he hasn’t been out of uniform for seven years.
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