Three Military Men and a Diplomat: Trump’s National Security Candidates The president interviewed four for the job of national security adviser on Sunday, and may meet more By Felicia Schwartz, Thomas M. Burton and Carol E. Lee
https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-military-men-and-a-diplomat-trumps-national-security-candidates-1487554639
President Donald Trump interviewed four candidates for the job of national security adviser Sunday, and may meet more on Monday, a White House spokeswoman said. The vacancy was created after the president’s first adviser, Mike Flynn, resigned under pressure last week.
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster
A military strategist with extensive battle experience, Gen. McMaster is now director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center at Fort Eustis, Va. Gen. McMaster, 54 years old, is a decorated officer with leadership experience in military operations in both Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s a 1984 graduate of West Point, where he played rugby.
Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen
Gen. Caslen, 63 years old, spent his entire career in the Army, including key leadership roles in Iraq and Afghanistan. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975, where he was the football team’s starting center for two years. He returned as school superintendent in July 2013.
John Bolton
The security adviser role isn’t the first vacancy to cause Mr. Trump to look to John Bolton, 68. He was previously considered as a possible secretary of state, and then to be the No. 2 official in the State Department.
Mr. Bolton is a senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and a frequent commentator on Fox News.
Keith Kellogg
Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr., 72 years old, is a retired three-star general in the U.S. Army, who has this past week been acting national security adviser following Mr. Flynn’s departure.
He served in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, and was later a special forces adviser to the Cambodian Army.
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