Story highlights A friend of Harward's said he was reluctant to take the job because the White House seems so chaoticEarlier this week, Trump fired Michael Flynn as national security adviser(CNN) Ret. Vice Adm. Bob Harward turned down President Donald Trump's offer to be national security adviser Thursday, depriving the administration of a top candidate for a critical foreign policy post days after Trump fired Michael Flynn. Lt. Gen. Joseph Keith Kellogg, who worked under Flynn until his resignation, the acting national security adviser. Asked if there was a candidate for national security adviser in sight, a White House official told CNN, "Not that I'm aware of." My thoughts and prayers are with those that carry such heavy burdens and responsibility for taking care of our country's national security concerns.

Source: CNN February 17, 2017 00:14 UTC