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| Robert Harward 'turns down' Trump's national security adviser offer | |
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| US President Donald Trump's choice for National Security Adviser has reportedly turned down the job offer. | US President Donald Trump's choice for National Security Adviser has reportedly turned down the job offer. |
| Retired Vice-Admiral Robert Harward was widely tipped for the post after Mr Trump fired Michael Flynn on Monday. | Retired Vice-Admiral Robert Harward was widely tipped for the post after Mr Trump fired Michael Flynn on Monday. |
| A White House official said Mr Harward cited family and financial commitments, but US media said the sticking point was he wanted to bring in his own team. | |
| Mr Flynn had misled US Vice-President Mike Pence over his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the US. | Mr Flynn had misled US Vice-President Mike Pence over his conversations with Russia's ambassador to the US. |
| Mr Harward is currently based in Abu Dhabi where he is chief executive of US defence contractor Lockheed Martin's United Arab Emirates operations. | |
| Two other contenders - retired General David Petraeus and acting national security adviser Keith Kellogg - have also been tipped to take on the job. | |
| The setback emerged hours after Mr Trump robustly denied media reports of White House disarray, insisting his administration was running like a "fine-tuned machine". | |
| Mr Flynn, a retired army lieutenant-general, was ousted amid claims that before he was even appointed as national security adviser he had discussed sanctions with a Russian envoy. | |
| This would have potentially breached a law banning private citizens from engaging in diplomacy. | |
| Mr Flynn initially denied having discussed sanctions with Sergei Kislyak, Moscow's ambassador to Washington. | |
| But on Monday, Mr Trump asked for his resignation following revelations that Mr Flynn had misled the vice-president about his conversations with the diplomat. | |
| More on the Flynn scandal |