Foreign policy

With CIA, National Security Adviser Choices, Trump Signals Sharp Turn In Foreign Policy

There was never much doubt that Donald Trump would take U.S. foreign policy in a sharply different direction from the one pursued by his predecessor, President Barack Obama.
His choices for two of the U.S. government's most influential foreign-policy posts only bolster that conclusion.
Trump on November 18 announced that his national security adviser would be former military intelligence chief Michael Flynn and the nominee to head the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) would be Republican congressman Mike Pompeo.
"I am pleased that Lieutenant General Michael Flynn will be by my side as we work to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, navigate geopolitical challenges, and keep Americans safe at home and abroad," Trump said in a statement released by his transition team.