Robert Harward Biography Vice Admiral Robert Harward is the most-decorated Navy SEAL in US history. He led the US Special Operations invasion of Afghanistan in the wake of 9/11, oversaw the Navy SEALs role in Iraq in 2003, and participated in missions in Somalia, Syria and Yemen, as well as several classified operations. He subsequently became one of the most senior figures in the US military, serving as Deputy Commander of the United States Central Command, and as Director of Strategy and Defence Issues for the National Security Council. In 2017, Donald Trump asked Harward to serve as the White House s National Security Advisor, but he declined. Harward is currently the CEO of Lockheed Martin in the Middle East.
I mean, he s that kind of personality. and it s difficult to envision somebody with that kind of personality and experience being in an environment in which things are very tightly controlled from 1600 pennsylvania avenue, jacob. so, colonel jacobs, do you think that mcmaster in this situation was able to extract some exceptions from the trump administration with regard to staffing? we do know general petraeus as well as robert harward were said to have not been picked for that position because of issues regarding staffing and being able to pick their own staff as national security adviser? yeah, great point. i think, yes, he probably was able to extract some kind some measure of independence because i think the white house has come to the conclusion it was not going to get a first-class mind who can act as the honest broker in developing national security strategy and
However bolton may struggle to gain support with libertarian leaning republicans. another candidate, army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer. he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in book the dereliction of duty. the other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west point military academy lieutenant general robert cas lin. served in a number of wars and is a bronze star recipient. robert harward turned down the position citing family reasons, and david petraeus is no longer a finalist. white house press secretary said more names could be added to the list. the national security council without a permanent leader and embroiled in controversy after a senior staff member was abruptly fired when he was critical of the president and steve bannon during off-the-record roundtable.
Final. the president spent sunday entire viewing. being vetted lieutenant general hr mcmaster, robert kas len jr., keith kel log, a retired general serving as acting national security adviser and former u.n. ambassador john boll on the. retired vice admiral robert harward opted not to take the job and former cia director made it clear he couldn t take the assignment unless he picked the staff now led by a number of people chosen by flynn, many of whom have been widely criticized as unqualified. the wall street journal reported that the president wouldn t guarantee full control over staffing but the white house vehemently denied that. the new director can say i don t want steve bannon as a member of the former national
Served over a year in the role. however bolton may struggle to gain support with libertarian leaning republicans. another candidate, army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer. he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in book the dereliction of duty. the other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west point military academy lieutenant general robert cas lin. served in a number of wars and is a bronze star recipient. robert harward turned down the position citing family reasons, and david petraeus is no longer a finalist. white house press secretary said more names could be added to the list. the national security council without a permanent leader and embroiled in controversy after a senior staff member was abruptly fired when he was critical of the president and steve bannon during
However bolton may struggle to gain support with libertarian leaning republicans. another candidate, army lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster, a silver star recipient and decorated officer. he has a reputation for questioning the status quo as he did in book the dereliction of duty. the other meeting at the southern white house is the superintendent of west point military academy lieutenant general robert cas lin. served in a number of wars and is a bronze star recipient. robert harward turned down the position citing family reasons, and david petraeus is no longer a finalist. white house press secretary said more names could be added to the list. the national security council without a permanent leader and embroiled in controversy after a senior staff member was abruptly fired when he was critical of the president and steve bannon during off-the-record roundtable. the white house confirmed that
Most famous landmark and if they did, what was it? there was one problem with what the president said. this sums it up. we start this news plea from sweden to the u.s. government asking what is your president talking about? after bewildering officials in sweden, president trump is explaining a remark he made over the weekend where he suggested a terror related incident had taken place in the country. we re getting a look at the potential candidates to replace michael flynn after robert harward turned down the job. thousands of people are expected to protest donald trump s immigration policies in an effort called not my president s day. hey there, good morning. it s monday, february 20th. president trump has been in
One of the things that we ve seen also this week, ryan, you talked about the national security adviser. there is someone in that position right now, but robert harward, the vice admiral, said no to the administration citing some of the chaos. he officially said it was about family and financial reasons but also pointing to the chaos and not being able to put his own folks into that that position as underlings. what does this say about the trump white house? is this going to be a consistent problem in filling this particular post? two things. before i say that, on julie s question. that was really a model of how to ask the president a question. simple, direct, demanding yes or no because sometimes when you ask him a question he dodges and so, you know, great job asking him the way you did. i think on the national security council, look, there s some reporting that he saw that press conference and it was after he
New olay regenerist helps take years off your skin age so you can look younger. who needs dna when you have olay? new regenerist. well, donald trump was embracing those clouds in south carolina this afternoon, his search for national security adviser was hit with some new bad news. our own chris hayes reporting tonight on the limits facing potential replacements for mike flynn. robert harward, the widely respected retired vice admiral who declined the trump administration s office we have learned did so after the white house could not satisfy his conditions and after watching the president s press conference yesterday. two headlines there. one, allies of flynn will stay on the council, even as he leaves, and some security heavyweights are watching trump, watching what a lot of the nation saw at that press conference and they don t see
Well, donald trump was embracing those clouds in south carolina this afternoon, his search for national security adviser was hit with some new bad news. our own chris hayes reporting tonight on the limits facing potential replacements for mike flynn. robert harward, the widely respected retired vice admiral who declined the trump administration s office we have learned did so after the white house could not satisfy his conditions and after watching the president s press conference yesterday. two headlines there. one, allies of flynn will stay on the council, even as he leaves, and some security heavyweights are watching trump, watching what a lot of the nation saw at that press conference and they don t see themselves suiting up for his team. tonight we have a third headline breaking. the wall street journal reporting general david petraeus also dropping out of consideration citing similar reasons.