David Petraeus Announces He Won’t Work For Trump Either
Retired general and former CIA Director David Petraeus has pulled his name from consideration as National Security Adviser.
If you don’t remember, Petraeus was the one who had to disgracefully resign because he was sharing classified information with the woman he was having an affair with.
According to The Hill, “Petraeus said on Friday at a conference in Munich that anyone considering the job should have control over personnel and gain a commitment from the White House to have a disciplined process for crafting security policy.”
“Whoever it is that would agree to take that position certainly should do so with some very, very significant assurances that he or she would have authorities over the personnel of the organization, that there would be a commitment to a disciplined process and procedures,” Petraeus said at the Munich Security Conference.
Officials told the WSJ that the White House wasn’t open to Petraeus’s demands.
Still reportedly on the short list for the position are acting national security adviser Keith Kellogg, a retired three-star Army general and Flynn’s chief of staff, former United Nations ambassador John Bolton and Army strategist Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.
The Washington Examiner reported that Kellogg, Bolton and McMaster will meet with Trump separately at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida this weekend to discuss the position, citing an administration official.
