Mr Waltz has been tapped by Trump to serve as his national security adviser.
WASHINGTON – Top national security advisers to President-elect Donald Trump and outgoing President Joe Biden are working “hand in glove” to pose a united front against US adversaries during the presidential transition, Trump adviser Mike Waltz said on Nov 24.
“For our adversaries out there that think this is a time of opportunity, that they can play one administration off the other, they’re wrong,” Mr Waltz, a Trump loyalist and former US Army Green Beret, told Fox News Sunday.
Mr Hegseth, a military veteran, has been accused of sexual assault, though no criminal charges were filed, and he has said the encounter was consensual.Mr Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration last weekDespite lawmaker concerns about Trump nominees, Senator John Barrasso told Fox News Sunday in a separate interview that Republicans are aiming to confirm most of Trump's Cabinet picks quickly so that they would be in place soon after he takes office on Jan 20.
Mr Waltz said the incoming Trump administration is prepared to work with European Nato allies and others to end what he called an escalating conflict in Ukraine, where Russian forces have begun using a new intermediate-range ballistic missile.
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