{"id":34629,"date":"2024-11-12T02:35:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34629"},"modified":"2024-11-12T02:35:11","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:35:11","slug":"trump-picks-rep-mike-waltz-to-be-his-national-security-adviser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=34629","title":{"rendered":"Trump picks Rep. Mike Waltz to be his national security adviser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">President-elect&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>&nbsp;has picked Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to be his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/national-security\">national security<\/a>&nbsp;adviser, according to four sources familiar with the decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Waltz is a Green Beret veteran who served in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa. Since 2019, he has represented a congressional district in the House, where he&#8217;s a member of the Armed Services, Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/trump-selects-florida-rep-mike-waltz-as-national-security-adviser-104414fe\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>&nbsp;first reported Trump\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Waltz\u2019s office didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Waltz is a particularly hawkish member of Congress when it comes to China. He&#8217;s a member of the House\u2019s China Task Force and has argued that the U.S. is underprepared if there is a conflict in the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Like many congressional Republicans, Waltz has also criticized U.S. aid to Ukraine in its war against Russia. In an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/nx-s1-5173551\">interview with NPR<\/a>&nbsp;on Nov. 4, he said the U.S. had \u201cleverage\u201d to get Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table to negotiate a \u201cdiplomatic resolution\u201d to end the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The role of White House national security adviser doesn\u2019t require Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Waltz joins Rep.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-chooses-rep-elise-stefanik-serve-us-ambassador-united-nations-rcna179558\">Elise Stefanik<\/a>&nbsp;of New York as the second House Republican Trump has tapped for posts in his new administration. He selected Stefanik to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-picks-rep-mike-waltz-serve-national-security-adviser-rcna179698\">Nbcnews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;has picked Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., to be his&nbsp;national security&nbsp;adviser, according to four sources familiar with the decision. Waltz is a Green Beret veteran who served in Afghanistan, the Middle East and Africa. 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