For deputy national security adviser, Trump chose Kathleen “KT” McFarland, a Fox News analyst who vocally opposes many of President Obama’s national security policies. She will serve as deputy under National Security adviser designee Michael Flynn, a retired lieutenant general and fierce critic of Obama’s stances on Islamist extremism. The White House counsel essentially serves as the president’s personal lawyer and is influential in shaping policy; also occasionally restraining what the chief executive may want to do. “Nobody has called foreign policy right more than President-elect Trump, and he gets no credit for it,’’ McFarland said. “As a friend and colleague, I’ve watched KT’s depth of knowledge and understanding grow,’’ said McFarlane, who called Trump’s choice “ one of our country’s most insightful national security analysts.’’McFarland served on the National Security Council during the Nixon, Ford and Reagan administrations has been a national security analyst and contributor for Fox News since 2010.

Source: Washington Post November 25, 2016 17:27 UTC