WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is filling the top ranks of his National Security Council with active-duty and retired military officers extensively schooled in the fight against Islamist extremists and intent on containing Iran’s power in the Middle East, according to officials involved in the staffing decisions. The appointments mark a sharp break from former President Barack Obama’s foreign-policy brain trust, which was light on...

Source: Wall Street Journal January 27, 2017 00:49 UTC