US President-elect Donald Trump has appointed a top national security aide under former President George W. Bush as his homeland security and counter-terrorism adviser.
In a statement on Tuesday, Trump picked for the post Thomas Bossert, who was a deputy homeland security adviser in the last year of the Bush administration in the White House.
“Tom brings enormous depth and breadth of knowledge and experience to protecting the homeland to our senior White House team,” Trump said in the statement.
“He has a handle on the complexity of homeland security, counter-terrorism, and cybersecurity challenges. He will be an invaluable asset to our Administration,” he added.
The Trump transition team said Bossert’s role will be expanded under the president-elect administration and that the appointee is to be given an “independent status alongside the National Security Advisor.”
The team further noted that Bossert’s focus will be on the protection of the…