I will be eyeballing him
Posted on 09/18/2019 9:22:46 AM PDT by BeauBo
President Trump named Robert C. O’Brien as his new national security adviser, picking a top hostage-affairs official for the high-profile White House role...
(President) Trump tweeted the announcement Wednesday morning, writing "I have worked long & hard with Robert. He will do a great job!"...
Mr. O’Brien, who currently serves as special envoy for hostage affairs at the State Department, will be Mr. Trump’s fourth national security adviser. He also served under the George W. Bush administration at both the U.S. Mission to the United Nations and the State Department...
Most recently, Mr. O’Brien was sent to Sweden to help negotiate the release of rapper A$AP Rocky, who was arrested after a violent altercation in Stockholm this summer. Mr. Trump had raised concern publicly over the rapper’s fate and Mr. O’Brien was sent to see what he could do. The rapper was later found guilty by a Swedish court, but won’t serve jail time.
The national security adviser post, which doesn’t require Senate confirmation, heads up a staff of several hundred specialists — or detailees, as they are known — from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies.
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So, we have the post version, the Hill version and the MSN version. :)
Whoever President trump names to anything the left will hate and try to bring down.
Oops...
“Robert writes from a series of beliefs and assumptions that I also hold: a deep belief in American Exceptionalism, that peace comes through strength, that the United States is stronger when it partners with its allies and when America is a reliable friend to its allies, that the greatness of America comes from a people that respect tradition and the rule of law, and that (yes) we are the good guys and there are some bad guys out there”.
Sounds like an “America first” kinda guy to me.
That part of O'Brien's resume right there concerns the hell out of me.
Yes...another reason, maybe the primary one, for the left to hate him and try to bring him down.
I will be eyeballing him
ANY republican with administration level experience has to have worked for Reagan, Bush, Bush, or Trump. The Reaganites are getting pretty old by now for the most part.
The issue with a Bushite is whether or not they are a neo-con or a real conservative.
Here's another member of the O'Brian clan in a temporary security position.
Never heard of him, but my gut tells me this gentleman is the real deal. I like him.
Unlike Christopher Wray who I viscerally disliked the first time I saw his smirking face. Please, Mr. President, fire him...
He also advised Ted Cruz and Scott Walker.
Reported to be Conservative and religious.
Wrote the book “While America Slept”.
From Amazon:
Robert C. O’Brien’s collection of essays on U.S. national security and foreign policy, with a forward by Hugh Hewitt, is a wake up call to the American people. The world has become steadily more dangerous under President Obama’s “lead from behind” foreign policy. The Obama Administration’s foreign policy has emboldened our adversaries and disheartened our allies. Indeed, Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is a 1938 moment. At the same time, the U.S. military has been cut and risks returning to the hollow force days of the 1970s. O’Brien lays out the challenges and provides the common sense “peace through strength” solutions that will allow the next president to make America great again.
About the Author
Robert C. O’Brien is a trial lawyer with an international practice at Larson O’Brien LLP in Los Angeles. He was a senior foreign policy advisor to Governor Scott Walker and Senator Ted Cruz during the 2016 presidential campaign. O’Brien served as a senior advisor to Governor Mitt Romney on both of his presidential campaigns.
O’Brien was Co-Chairman of the US Department of State Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan. He served as a presidentially appointed member of the US Cultural Property Advisory Committee. In 2005, O’Brien was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate to serve as a US Representative to the United Nations General Assembly, where he worked with Ambassador John Bolton. Earlier in his career, O’Brien was a senior legal officer with the United Nations Security Council in Geneva, Switzerland. He served as a major in the JAG Corps of the US Army Reserve.
A frequent guest on Fox News, The Hugh Hewitt Show, CNN, and other radio and cable TV networks, O’Brien is regularly called upon by the media to interpret and comment on breaking national security and political stories.
This guy led the successful effort to release Pastor Brunson from Turkey.
Not a big name. Seems like a place holder. Makes me think Kushner is the real NSA, unfortunately.
GETTING rid of Bolton..big mistake...but I love Trump..hope this guy understands muzzies
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