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President Trump introduces new National Security Adviser

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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday picked U.S. hostage negotiator Robert O'Brien as national security adviser, replacing hardliner John Bolton who was fired abruptly last week after clashing with the president on a host of issues.

Before departing Los Angeles on his second day of campaign fundraising in California, Trump introduced O'Brien on the tarmac next to Air Force One.

O'Brien, who will be the fourth person to hold the post in the Trump administration, has served as Trump's special envoy for hostage affairs at the U.S. Department of State since May 2018 and has a long history in Republican foreign policy circles.

Trump fired Bolton after disagreements over handling foreign policy matters relating to North Korea, Iran, Afghanistan, Russia and Venezuela.

O'Brien is an attorney from Los Angeles who has served as a foreign policy adviser to several Republican presidential campaigns, handled a number of high-profile legal cases and previously served in several State Department positions, including as an alternative representative to the U.N. General Assembly in 2005.

Trump recently dispatched O'Brien to Sweden for the court hearing of U.S. rapper A$AP Rocky, who was later convicted for assault.

Senate Republicans praised Trump's pick as a solid choice.