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President Donald Trump, left, and H.R. McMaster, national security advisor, walk toward Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., June 16, 2017.
John Bolton will replace H.R. McMaster as President Donald Trump’s national security advisor, the latest move in an ongoing shakeup of the president’s top advisors.
In a tweet Thursday, Trump said Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., will take over the post on April 9. McMaster, an Army lieutenant general, “has done an outstanding job & will always remain my friend,” the president wrote.
d. There will be an official contact handover on 4/9.
In a separate statement, McMaster said is requesting retirement from the Army this summer, after which he will “leave public service.”
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