Donald Trump taps hardliners for national security team
Sessions, Pompeo and Flynn all have taken strong positions on hot-button issues.
Flynn is especially critical of Islamic terror, including a vocal twitter feed on which he has written"fear of Muslims is rational." Sessions also defended Trump when he called for "a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States" temporarily in the face of terrorism.
Trump has since walked back that position, most recently saying he will pursue a policy similar to after September 11 that requires immigrants from high-risk countries, most of which are Muslim-majority nations, to register in a tracking system.
Flynn has also been criticized for his closeness to Russia, including appearing on a Russian television network and sitting alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin at a dinner celebrating the network, RT. But he has said he didn't take money directly from Russia for his appearance and said he went to tell the Russians to crack down on Iran's involvement in Middle East conflicts.
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