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US President Donald Trump listens as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on April 30, 2025 in Washington, DC (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images via AFP)
May 3, 2025, 4:40 am
Now a trusted ally, ‘Little Marco’ gets Trump’s big jobs
Amid wars and diplomatic standoffs, Trump turns to former campaign adversary Marco Rubio – now secretary of state and new national security adviser – to carry extraordinary load
By Simon Lewis, Daphne Psaledakis and Steve Holland
Senator Marco Rubio of Florida speaks during a campaign rally for Donald Trump at J.S. Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, November 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
November 12, 2024, 10:09 am
Trump expected to name pro-Israel Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state
Despite isolationist bent, US president-elect also said to tap Florida congressman Michael Waltz as national security adviser, rounding out emergent hawkish foreign policy team
By ToI Staff
A US Navy F-35 fighter jet during a test flight. (US Navy/Wikimedia Commons)
January 13, 2019, 2:17 pm
White House ordered plans prepared for Iran strike – report
‘Shocked’ Pentagon acceded to request after Baghdad mortar attack in September that US blamed on Tehran-backed militias, Wall Street Journal says
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l), and US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman (r), attend a ceremony celebrating the 50th anniversary of Israel's reunification of Jerusalem, in front of the walls of the Old City, May 21, 2017. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP, File)
June 1, 2018, 10:44 am
After embassy move, Trump weighs giving envoy control over consulate too
Downgrading autonomy of de facto US mission to the Palestinians could be seen as a US move away from acknowledging Palestinian claims to E. Jerusalem or statehood aspirations
By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee
US National Security Adviser John Bolton listens as US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on April 9, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
April 10, 2018, 3:13 am
Bolton takes the helm on national security at time of tumult
White House staffers cautiously waiting to see what impact pugnacious ex-UN envoy will have on an exhausted and beleaguered administration
By Josh Lederman and Catherine Lucey
In this Feb. 10, 2017 file photo, then-national security adviser Michael Flynn sits in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
May 18, 2017, 7:42 am
Flynn blocked military move Turkey opposed – report
Days before Trump’s inauguration, incoming adviser said to have turned down operation against IS that would have helped Kurds
By AP
President Donald Trump, listens as Army Lt. Gen. HR McMaster talks, at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Monday, February 20, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
February 20, 2017, 11:46 pm
Trump taps military strategist as new national security adviser
Serving US Army general H.R. McMaster to take reins at troubled NSC after departure of Michael Flynn over Russia scandal
By Catherine Lucey
US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference, at the White House in Washington, DC, February 16, 2017. (AFP/Nicholas Kamm)
February 20, 2017, 12:51 am
White House denies seeking to hamstring national security adviser
Chief of staff Reince Priebus works to dispel reports that incoming NSA head will be limited in picking staff
By AFP
US President Donald Trump points to his wife, first lady Melania Trump during a campaign rally Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Orlando-Melbourne International Airport, in Melbourne, Fla. (Chris O'Meara/AP)
February 19, 2017, 11:29 am
Revived by rally, Trump turns back to governing
US president spends weekend in his private Florida club interviewing candidates to fill NSA vacancy left by Flynn
By Catherine Lucey
In this image provided by the US Marine Corps, Vice Adm. Robert S. Harward, commanding officer of Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435, speaks to an Afghan official during his visit to Zaranj, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2011. (Sgt. Shawn Coolman/US Marine Corps via AP)
February 17, 2017, 12:49 pm
Ex-admiral turns down US national security adviser job
Robert Haward refuses Trump’s offer to replace Michael Flynn, citing family and financial commitments
By AFP
US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
February 14, 2017, 3:07 pm
Flynn resignation ‘not our business’ — Kremlin
Russia says resignation of Trump’s national security adviser over sanctions strategy conversation with Russian ambassador is ‘internal business of the Americans’
By AFP
Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Gen. Michael Flynn arrives on the West Front of the US Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP)
February 14, 2017, 9:13 am
In instead of Flynn? White House names replacement shortlist
Candidates for national security adviser include disgraced former CIA head David Petreaus, Lockheed Martin chief in UAE Robert Harward
By Jonathan Lemire
This file photo taken on November 20, 2016 shows US President-elect Donald Trump meeting with retired Marine Corps general John Kelly at the clubhouse of Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (AFP PHOTO/DON EMMERT)
December 8, 2016, 8:39 am
Trump stacks top defense posts with retired generals, raising eyebrows
Some fear nomination of Kelly, Mattis and Flynn will militarize government, but others see former commanders bringing sobering view to counter rush to war
By Thomas WATKINS
Retired Lt. Gen Michael Flynn walks through the lobby at Trump Tower, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
November 19, 2016, 4:44 am
Security adviser pick Flynn a critic of Muslim militancy, culture
Retired general has called for a more aggressive campaign against IS, has been criticized for apparent support of anti-Muslim policies
By Robert Burns and Stephen Braun
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani leaves the Trump Tower after meetings with US President-elect Donald Trump in New York, November 16, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / Jewel SAMAD)
November 17, 2016, 2:42 pm
Flurry of new names floated as Trump assembles cabinet
Rumors suggest South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley for US secretary of state and retired general Michael Flynn as national security adviser
By Catherine TRIOMPHE and Gregory Feifer
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