President Trump's first choice to succeed the departed Michael Flynn as national security adviser has turned the job down due to family reasons, sources close to the situation told Fox News late Thursday. A senior administration official said that Harward's acceptance of the national security adviser post was contingent on the agreement of his family. Harward told The Associated Press that the Trump administration was "very accommodating to my needs, both professionally and personally." Asked whether he had requested to bring in his own staff at the National Security Council, Harward said, "I think that's for the president to address." After Flynn stepped down, Trump named retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg as the acting national security adviser.

Source: Fox News February 17, 2017 00:31 UTC