President-elect Trump has chosen Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) to be US Attorney General. Sessions has served as a federal judge and Attorney General in Alabama. He’s a conservative who takes a hard line on illegal immigration. He was an early supporter of Trump for President.
To lead the Central Intelligence Agency Trump has chosen Congressman Mike Pompeo (R-Kansas). He has served for three terms on the House Intelligence Committee. Pompeo is a critic of Hillary Clinton and supported investigations into what happened in Benghazi, Libya. Pompeo graduated first in his class at West Point and went on to Harvard Law School.
For his National Security advisor Trump has chosen another early supporter, retired General Mike Flynn. In his announcement Trump said,
“I am pleased that Lieutenant General Michael Flynn will be by my side as we work to defeat radical Islamic terrorism, navigate geopolitical challenges and keep Americans safe at home and abroad,”
“General Flynn is one of the country’s foremost experts on military and intelligence matters and he will be an invaluable asset to me and my administration.”
More on Flynn’s appointment here. More on Mike Pompeo here. Information on Mike Sessions here.
All three of these men are solid choices for the Trump cabinet. More on the three here.
