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Who is H.R. McMaster, Trump’s new national security adviser?

President Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser.

02/20/2017 | Rating NR

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Who is H.R. McMaster, Trump’s new national security adviser?

Clip: 2/20/2017 | 6m 11s

President Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser.

President Trump named Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as his new national security adviser. The 54-year-old is currently a three-star general in the U.S. Army, who lead American forces in Iraq in 2005 and brought stability to a city that had been rife with ethnic conflict. Judy Woodruff learns more from Greg Jaffe of The Washington Post.

02/20/2017 | Rating NR

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