Allen West meets with Trump’s national security advisers

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Former Florida Republican Rep. Allen West was spotted leaving Trump Tower in Manhattan on Monday afternoon following a meeting with Vice President-elect Mike Pence and other transition team members.

The retired Army lieutenant colonel told members of the press he also spoke with Michael Flynn, Trump’s national security adviser, and K.T. McFarland, the president-elect’s deputy national security adviser. That indicates West may be under consideration for a national security position and not a military one.

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