What to Expect From Trump’s New Security Adviser Lt. Gen. McMaster

Saturday, February 25, 2017
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
25.02.2017

On Monday, Army Lt. Gen. Herbert Raymond McMaster was named the national security adviser by United States President Donald Trump.

The appointment comes a week after Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn resigned over media reports that he provided Vice President Michael Pence and other White House officials with incomplete information about his phone conversations with the Russian ambassador to the US before Trump’s inauguration.

“As a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience … he is highly respected by everybody in the military and we’re very honored to have him,” Trump said.

McMaster thanked the president, saying it was “a privilege to continue serving our nation.”
“I am grateful to you for that opportunity and I’m looking forward to joining the National Security team and doing everything I can to advance and protect the interest of the American people,” he said.

Who is Herbert McMaster?

McMaster was born on July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia. In 1980, he graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy. Four years later, he graduated from the US Military Academy in West Point.

McMaster served in an American regiment in Germany. He took part in Operation Desert Storm during the first Gulf War and was awarded the Silver Star. He also served in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2014, McMaster was appointed Director of the US Army Capabilities Integration Center.

In 2014, Time magazine placed him on a list of the 100 most influential people in the world, hailing him as the “architect of the future US Army.” According to the article, “McMaster might be the 21st century Army’s pre-eminent warrior-thinker.”

According to the NYT, unlike Michael Flynn, Lt. Gen. McMaster “has no links to Trump and is not thought of as being as ideological as the man he will replace.

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