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| Trump replaces National Security Adviser HR McMaster with John Bolton | |
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| President Trump is replacing US National Security Adviser HR McMaster with Bush-era defence hawk John Bolton. | |
| In a tweet, Mr Trump said he was thankful for Mr McMaster's service and said he had done an "outstanding job". | In a tweet, Mr Trump said he was thankful for Mr McMaster's service and said he had done an "outstanding job". |
| He is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the White House. | He is the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the White House. |
| Last week, Mr Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter, replacing him with former CIA Director Mike Pompeo. | Last week, Mr Trump fired Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter, replacing him with former CIA Director Mike Pompeo. |
| Mr Bolton, 69, has advocated military force against Iran and North Korea. | Mr Bolton, 69, has advocated military force against Iran and North Korea. |
| He will be Mr Trump's third national security adviser in the 14 months of the administration and is to take over next month. | He will be Mr Trump's third national security adviser in the 14 months of the administration and is to take over next month. |
| Mr Bolton has served in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W Bush. | |
| A leading advocate for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, he has been a polarising figure in Washington. | |
| He is praised by hard-line conservatives as a straight-talking foreign policy hawk. | |
| At Yale University, where he studied law, he recalled in his memoir feeling like a "space alien" among the campus anti-Vietnam war activists. |