Bolton Brings Hawkish Perspective To North Korea, Iran Strategy
Bolton takes the job as two major foreign policy challenges come to a head, in North Korea and Iran. He replaces H.R. McMaster, becoming the third man to hold the position under President Trump.
Updated at 8:08 p.m. ET
President Trump has chosen John Bolton, a hawk on North Korea and Iran, to be his next national security adviser.
The appointment comes just as those two foreign policy challenges come to a head.
Bolton replaces H.R. McMaster, who Trump said Thursday via Twitter is leaving the administration. Bolton takes over from McMaster effective April 9, the president also said.
In an interview on Fox News, where he had been a contributor, shortly after the news broke,
