Short list to replace Bolton includes some familiar White House faces


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Acting U.S. National Security Advisor Retired General Keith Kellogg arrives for a joint news conference between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's short list for the post of national security adviser is made up of reliable conservatives with solid ties to key Trump administration stalwarts, including, according to several sources, the vice president's foreign policy chief.

Mike Pence's national security adviser, retired General Keith Kellogg, is part of a group that also includes the State Department's Iran envoy, Brian Hook, and former deputy White House national security adviser Rick Waddell.

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