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Eric Trager tapped for Mideast slot on Trump’s National Security Council
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Eric Trager, a Republican staffer on the Senate Armed Services Committee, will become the next White House National Security Council senior director for the Middle East and North Africa, a source familiar with the matter confirms to The Times of Israel.
Trager, who previously worked at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, will replace Brett McGurk, who played a massive role in crafting outgoing US President Joe Biden’s Mideast policy, the source says, confirming reporting by Jewish Insider.
Trager has staked out hawkish foreign policy positions regarding the Middle East with his research focusing on Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood.
