President Donald Trump announced today that Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster is his new national security adviser.

McMaster is a widely respected military strategist. Trump called him “a man of tremendous talent and tremendous experience.”

Mr. Trump made the announcement at his Mar-a-Lago getaway in Palm Beach, Fla., where he has been interviewing candidates to replace Michael T. Flynn, who was forced out after withholding information from Vice President Mike Pence about a call with Russia’s ambassador.

The announcement comes a week after Michael Flynn resigned the position when he lost the trust of the administration because of his discussions with a Russian ambassador prior to Trump taking office.

McMaster, 54, is a career officer in the Army and wrote a book critical of the Vietnam War in 1997 called “Dereliction of Duty.”

(AP)