Trump names five finalists for national security adviser

Published September 17, 2019 6:42pm ET



President Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he now has five finalists for the position of national security adviser, though an aide later said there were more.

Trump named attorney and U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O’Brien, assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ricky Waddell, Energy Department nuclear security expert Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, former National Security Council chief of staff Fred Fleitz, and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, who currently advises Vice President Mike Pence.

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