Sparkade säkerhetsrådgivaren Michael Flynn tillsammans med Trumps rådgivare Kellyanne Conway. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais / TT / NTB Scanpix)

Fler intervjuer väntar för att ersätta sparkade Flynn

Ansträngningarna för att hitta en ny säkerhetsrådgivare fortsätter i Vita huset, efter att Michael Flynn tvingats avgå. President Donald Trump kan komma att hålla fler intervjuer med nya eller nuvarande kandidater till posten redan under måndagen, säger en talesperson för Vita huset.

Trump träffade Keith Kellogg, John Bolton, Herbert Raymond McMaster och Robert Caslen under söndagen.

Michael Flynn tvingades avgå som säkerhetsrådgivare när han inte berättat hela sanningen om sina samtal om sanktioner med Rysslands ambassadör. Trumps förstahandsval till ersättare, Robert Harward, tackade nej och uppgav familjeskäl som orsak.

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Keith Kellogg
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Joseph Keith Kellogg Jr. (born May 12, 1944), known as Keith Kellogg, is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Army who is currently serving as the Acting National Security Advisor under the Trump Administration, following the resignation of Michael Flynn. President Donald Trump put Kellogg in charge of the presidential transition agency action team for defense. He was named a foreign policy advisor to then presidential candidate Trump in March 2016.
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John Bolton
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John Robert Bolton, född 20 november 1948 i Baltimore, Maryland, är en amerikansk politiker (republikan) och diplomat som var USA:s FN-ambassadör 2005–2006. Den 7 mars 2005 nominerades han av president George W. Bush som USA:s FN-ambassadör. Boltons nominering godkändes aldrig av den amerikanska senaten vilket gjorde att presidenten tillsatte honom under senatens semesteruppehåll. Den 4 december 2006 meddelade Vita huset att Bolton valt att avgå. Bolton är en kontroversiell politiker och har bland annat kritiserats för sin kritiska hållning gentemot FN.
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H. R. McMaster
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Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster (born July 24, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American soldier, and a career officer in the U.S. Army. His current assignment is Director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and Deputy Commanding General, Futures, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. His previous assignment was commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Ft. Benning, Georgia. McMaster previously served as Director of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force-Shafafiyat (CJIATF-Shafafiyat) (Transparency) at ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is known for his roles in the Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and his reputation for questioning U.S. policy and military leaders regarding the Vietnam War.
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Robert L. Caslen
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Robert Louis "Bob" Caslen Jr. (born November 30, 1953) is a United States Army officer and has served as the 59th superintendent of West Point since July 17, 2013. He was born in Connecticut. He served as the Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation - Iraq (OSC-I). Before that, he served as the commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth. In December 2009, Caslen was nominated to be a lieutenant general in conjunction with his nomination to be Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth which took effect in March 2010. Caslen grew up in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1975 and played center for the Army Black Knights football team. He also earned a master's degree in business administration from Long Island University and in 1989 a Master of Science in industrial engineering degree from Kansas State University. During Desert Storm he was executive officer of the 2nd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault). He was brigade operations officer, 3rd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); J-3 in Honduras for Joint Task Force Bravo in 1998; executive officer to the deputy commander in Haiti during Operation Uphold Democracy in 1994–1995; commander of the 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division (Light); senior brigade C2 observer/controller, Operations Group, Joint Readiness Training Center; chief of staff of the 101st Airborne Division; and commander of the 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (1999). He was at the Pentagon during the September 11 attacks where he was an assistant deputy director of strategic planning and policy. Following the attack, he re-entered the Pentagon, helping search for wounded and working on reversing the air conditioning system in order to remove smoke from the building. He was also chief of staff of the 10th Mountain Division (Light) (2003) at Fort Drum; assistant division commander (Maneuver) of the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) (2004); deputy director for the War on Terrorism, J-5, the Joint Staff (2005 – June 2006); director of the Joint Staff's Detainee Affairs Division and commandant of cadets for the Military Academy at West Point, a post he left in May 2008. From May 2008 to December 2009, he served as commander of the 25th Infantry Division (United States). In October, he returned from a tour with the division in the Iraq War. Prior to this, he had served two tours in the War in Afghanistan (2001–present) and one tour in the Gulf War. Caslen was chief of staff for the Combined Joint Task Force 180 (CJTF-180) in Afghanistan from May through September 2002. He was a commander of Operation Champion Sword. According to a report by the Office of Inspector General, Caslen "violated the ethical guidelines of the military that forbid officers to promote private organizations" when he appeared in a video for an evangelical organization, Christian Embassy. Other generals that appeared in the video included Vincent K. Brooks and Air Force generals Peter U. Sutton and Jack J. Catton Jr. At the time he was Commandant of Cadets at West Point. In a letter, he said he would be more vigilant about such improprieties going forward. In July 2011, he was nominated to be chief of Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq.
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