Mike Waltz, India caucus head and China hawk, picked as Donald Trump's National Security Advisor

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked Florida congressman Mike Waltz as his National Security Advisor (NSA), reported The Associated Press on Monday citing sources familiar with the development.
Mike Waltz, who is the head of India caucus, advocated for advancing US defence and security cooperation with India. He served at multiple US deployments in Afghanistan and the Middle East, where he earned several awards, including the Bronze Star. He also served as an Afghanistan policy adviser at the Pentagon under then Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
As the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Mike Waltz was known for aggressive questioning of the president Biden's botched withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, which left a large number of weapons in the hands of the Taliban.
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