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President Donald Trump appoints his new National Security Advisor

President Donald Trump appoints his new National Security Advisor

*Washington: *

President Donald Trump on Wednesday named his pointman for hostagesituations, Robert O’Brien, to replace his hawkish national securityadvisor sacked last week.

“I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job!” DonaldTrump tweeted

Last week, Donald Trump abruptly fired John Bolton, a vigorous proponent ofusing US military force abroad and one of the main hawks in theadministration on Iran.

Robert O’Brien has until now served as Trump’s envoy for situationsinvolving US hostages abroad.