Trump picks Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser

President Donald Trump has appointed Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser, replacing the ousted Michael Flynn who misled Vice President Mike Pence and other top White House officials about his conversations with the Russian ambassador to the United States.

Trump made his choice for the prominent military strategist known as a creative thinker known on Monday February 20 at his Palm Beach, Florida, club and said McMaster is ''a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience."

Sitting next to Trump for the announcement, McMaster said he was honored to take on the role and added that he looks forward to "doing everything that I can to advance and protect the interests of the American people."

AP